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    The Economics of Scarcity and the UNC-Duke Basketball Game (with Michael Munger)

    EconTalk · Mar 16, 2026 · 1 h 06 min
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    Duke University leaves millions of dollars on the table every year by giving away free tickets to the most sought-after game in college basketball. The bizarre ticket allocation system includes weeks of camping in tents, a 58-question trivia exam, border guards with air horns at 3 AM, and a 50-page student-written constitution with its own appeals court. In this special 20th-anniversary episode…

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