630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing
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61 min
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2 min
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Science & Discovery, Economics & Policy
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What It Covers
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller and economist Michael Rushton explain why theater costs keep rising through Baumol's cost disease theory, examining Hamilton's success and industry economics.
Notable Moment
Luis Miranda describes raising forty thousand dollars for his son Lin-Manuel's early musical through a backers audition, asking friends to contribute one thousand dollars each based purely on parental faith.
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