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[1]Because Arturo is obsessed with Glenn Beck, conversation begins there, but quickly moves to government shutdowns, the way economists approach social problems, and we return to last episode’s discussion about education. Links from this episode: Freakonomics, the movie [2] (Netflix) Planet Money [3] Office Hours: with Doug Downey [4], with Maria Kefalas [5] Leon Botstein [6] on education Download Episode Twenty Four [7]. [1] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2011/04/album-art-ep24.png [2] http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Freakonomics/70095133 [3] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=94411890 [4] https://thesocietypages.org/officehours/2010/06/02/education-and-equality/ [5] https://thesocietypages.org/officehours/2011/04/07/maria-kefalas-on-meth-and-young-adulthood/ [6] http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Bard_College_President_Leon_Botstein.mp3/view [7] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/socimprov24.mp3
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