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Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Is Your Carbon Footprint a Toxic Sludge?

Economist says there is no evidence that asking people to do the right thing and them doing it has ever worked. The problem we have around the planet is what economists give the word, the word externality. And by externality, that's a case where actions that i take have a negative impact on you but you don't really have any direct say in my actions.

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