Hey, everyone. Today we cover our favorite young adult fantasy book,

Good Economics for Hard Times, about a world ruled by magical forces like supply and demand,

creatures like bulls and bears, and a scary, invisible hand.

It's by Abhijit Banerjee and Astaire DuFlo.

I'm Kellanersk, and I'm a father, a comic, and it's a good thing I'm a comic, because this book was so boring.

I'm going to try as hard as I can to make it fun for you guys.

And I'm David Vance. I love economics books, but I still want you to think I'm cool.

Good Economics for Hard Times was written by a married couple who won the Nobel Prize together,

and unlike the curies, their work didn't kill them. And this is the bookpile.

So quick reminder to please rate and review the bookpile.

Today we're doing a special deal where we give you hours of free content and we just ask you to rate and review.

I once had a stranger message me on Instagram.

Hey, where can I see more of your content?

And I said, well, I have a drive-bar special available on Amazon for like three bucks.

And then he responded immediately, I don't pay for comedy.

What an interesting rule to happen.

I'm so sorry.

I forget I was working for free for everyone.

I like to pull a similar trick at the store.

Like, I don't pay for bananas.

That is a really good analogy.

It's like, hey, where can I get your oranges?

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