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Freakonomics Podcast: Why Don’t We All Speak the Same Language?

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Mr. Lakhaney

“There are 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. What are the costs — and benefits — of our modern-day Tower of Babel?”

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-dont-we-speak-language/

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