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Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Part 2 is here! Gamestop, #stonks, Universal Basic Income, how to incentivize things that are good for us, whether or not kids should have an allowance, Trekonomics and more. Economist, professor and “Freakonomics” co-author Steven Levitt joins to chat about everything from being cheap and what decision making costs our minds to the worth of the Amazon rainforest. Rising economics star and Harvard Fellow Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman graces us with her thoughts on the subreddit WallStreetBets, how we measure the health of the economy, dealing with bullies, and Gossip Girl. Hey, watch out: you’re about to like Economics.
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Follow Steven Levitt at Twitter.com/stevendlevitt or Twitter.com/Freakonomics
A donation was made to RISC: risc.uchicago.edu
Steven’s podcast is People I (Mostly) Admire: https://freakonomics.com/pima/
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Follow Anna Gift Opoku-Agymen at Twitter.com/itsafronomics and Instagram.com/itsafronomics
Follow Steven Levitt at Twitter.com/stevendlevitt or Twitter.com/Freakonomics
A donation was made to RISC: risc.uchicago.edu
Steven’s podcast is People I (Mostly) Admire: https://freakonomics.com/pima/
Sponsor links: www.alieward.com/ologies-sponsors
More links and info at alieward.com/ologies/economicsociology
Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies
OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes!
Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Feb 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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