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How You'll Be Robbed Of $423 This Year Without Realizing
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How You'll Be Robbed Of $423 This Year Without Realizing It

If Punky Brewster taught me anything, it’s that shoplifting is harmful to everyone’s bottom line. Retailers, which pass the costs of insurance against theft to customers, will cause the average shopper to part with $423 extra at the mall this year. [More]

Pay What You Want To See Freakonomics Movie

Pay What You Want To See Freakonomics Movie

If you live in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Denver, and Seattle, the people behind the film adaptation of best-selling book Freakonomics are offering you the chance to attend a pay-what-you-want screening of the movie on Sept. 22. [More]

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It’s expensive to run an airline, which is perhaps why American Airlines in-flight radio offered to interview Freakonomics co-author Steven D. Levitt for the price of $3,995. [Freakonomics]