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Freakonomics: Hitchhiking

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 23, 2012

Stephen J. Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio and author,  with Steven Levitt, of Freakononomics and SuperFreakonomics, explains how hitchhiking fell out of favor in America and why we should bring it back.

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