549. The First Great American Industry
Freakonomics Radio
English - July 13, 2023 03:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 29.3K ratingsDocumentary Society & Culture dubner productions stitcher stephen j. dubner freakonomics radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.” How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere? And is that whale vomit in your perfume? (Part 1 of “Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.”)