Introducing How-To Economics: Living in a Material World

MAKING SEN$E -- February 11, 2011 at 4:30 PM EDT

Introducing How-To Economics: Living in a Material World

Today, we inaugurate a new feature here on Making Sen$e: How-to Economics: Living in a Material World. And to explain the good works we're up to, I talked to Duke's Dan Ariely, who'll be one of our prime contributors.

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