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In this paper, Claudia Goldin, the 2023 winner of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences, offers a new theory to help explain why (listen to The Indicator's conversation with her back in 2021).
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
And because of that, everyone listens to them with immense respect and enthusiasm.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Today, listening to coaches with multi-million-dollar contracts pontificate about the virtues of the bygone era of amateur athletics reminds you of dinosaurs with one foot stuck in the tar pits.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But in reality, Finebaum gives far more time to listening to the average fan than practically any other national sports TV show.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
And because of that, everyone listens to them with immense respect and enthusiasm.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Today, listening to coaches with multi-million-dollar contracts pontificate about the virtues of the bygone era of amateur athletics reminds you of dinosaurs with one foot stuck in the tar pits.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
But in reality, Finebaum gives far more time to listening to the average fan than practically any other national sports TV show.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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