What Happens When You Turn 20

Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner. I am recording this on November 11th, 2025, which is the very day that the 20th anniversary edition of our book Free Conomics is being published. To celebrate, we've put together this bonus episode of Free Economics Radio. The episode has two parts. The first one is very short, it's just me reading the new foreword for the 20th anniversary edition of the book.

After that, you will hear me again in conversation with Jeff Bennett at a recent live event in Washington, D.C. Jeff is host of PBS News Hour. I only met him recently, but I think he's pretty great, and I would be surprised if you didn't agree. Big thanks to him, also to Sixth and I in DC for hosting the event. especially to Jackie Leventhal and Clara Wallace.

Thanks also to everyone who came out that night and thanks to all of you who listen to Freeconomics radio every week and thanks to everyone who's ever read Freekonomics or will read it now in the 20th anniversary edition. Plainly I have a lot to be thankful for. The last 20 years have been pretty wonderful and I can't wait for the next 20. Okay, so here's today's bonus episode starting with the new foreword from the 20th anniversary edition of Freeconomics. One recent day, I stood in my office and stared down a big, stupid mountain of plastic file boxes.

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