WTF?! Economics (with Peter T. Leeson)
Apr 06, 2018•49 min
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Episode description
Peter T. Leeson joins us to talk about his new book WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird. Peter T. Leeson is the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University. We discuss some of the world’s strangest customs and behaviors; everything from convicting insects of crimes in a court of law to wife sales. How can this be rational economic behavior?
Further Readings/References:WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird by Peter T. Leeson
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