Episode 73
73. Used Bookstores
Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing.
The Economics of Everyday Things
December 9, 202417m 34s
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Show Notes
Americans throw away 320 million books every year. How do some of them find a second life? Zachary Crockett is just browsing.
- SOURCE:
- Francisco Hernandez, owner of Leaves bookstore.
- RESOURCES:
- "Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores," by Ryan L. Raffaelli (Harvard Business School Working Paper, 2020).
- Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon (1973).
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (1970).
- Leaves bookstore.
- EXTRA:
- "Dying Is Easy. Retail Is Hard," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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