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4. Faking It

Freakonomics Radio

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Do You Fake It?

"We all like that to get through the day. I don't mean as long as we're not out to swindle somebody by these kind of fakeries," he says. "What if we instituted a fake free day, 24 hours where everyone in America was allowed and obliged to not fake it? Do you know what the homicide rate would be on that day?"

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