How Can This Possibly Be True? | Freakenomics Radio

Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “How Can This Possibly Be True?” 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?