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Zachary Crockett
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Host and Reporter, The Economics of Everyday Things
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Biography
Zachary is a writer for Priceonomics, and covers off-kilter sub-cultures, innovators, and communities. His work has been picked up by The New York Times, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and Forbes. He also spent a year chronicling rural artisans in South America, and is currently working on a collection of travel narratives.
Economics, Gadgets , Homelessness, Weird Travel, Inventions , Economics, Culture
Suicidios, investigaciones criminales, LGBT, aborto.
Content
By Zachary Crockett Verified| Freakonomics. Verified Episode Transcript At first glance, 37th street in Long Island City, New York, looks a little down on its luck. On one side of the road, there’s a strip of dilapidated warehouses and auto body shops. On the other, there’s a cemetery where mafiosi are buried. You can hear mechanics drilling out tire bolts, and cars honking on the nearby expressway.
By Zachary Crockett Verified| Freakonomics. Verified Episode Transcript Imagine for a moment that you’re a venture capitalist, and you’re looking for your next big investment. GOODELL: And I’m making a pitch to you. And I tell you that my business is seasonal, labor intensive, weather dependent, capital intensive, and is based on a discretionary recreational activity that has inherent risks. I don’t know if the conversation would go much further.
By Zachary Crockett Verified| Freakonomics. Verified Over the course of your life, it’s likely that you’ll brush your teeth more than 50,000 times. In the process, you’ll go through 450 tubes — almost 170 pounds — of toothpaste. Toothpaste is one of the first things you use every morning, and one of the last things you use every night. But you might not give it much thought. Unless you’re someone like Stephan Habif. HABIF: I would have to say I spend about 40 to 50 percent of my time thinking and dreaming about toothpaste.
Company Info
The Economics of Everyday Things