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    The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge

    Freakonomics Radio · Jun 24, 2026 · 55 min
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    Insurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can’t be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated notifications. In this update of a 2025 episode, Stephen Dubner discovers where all this sludge comes from — and how much it’s costing us.

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