NPR: 'Freakonomics' For Freaky Economics

Steven Levitt’s best-selling book, Freakonomics, revitalized economics by explaining how economic principles affect our daily lives. With the economy so prominent in our lives today, how should we interpret what’s going on?

Host Scott Simon asks Levitt, now a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, for his thoughts about the state of the national economy.

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Posted in * Economics, Politics, Credit Markets, Economy, Housing/Real Estate Market, Personal Finance, The Credit Freeze Crisis of Fall 2008/The Recession of 2007--, The Possibility of a Bailout for the U.S. Auto Industry