236. How Can This Possibly Be True?
236. How Can This Possibly Be True?  
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Published On: Thu Feb 18 2016
Description: A famous economics essay features a pencil (yes, a pencil) arguing that “not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me.” Is the pencil just bragging? In any case, what can the pencil teach us about our global interdependence — and the proper role of government in the economy?