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Machiavelli for Women w/NPR's Stacey Vanek Smith
Season 30
Episode 3040
We speak with the host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, Stacey Vanek Smith. about her new book, Machiavelli for Women. In it, she tells us what economic insights modern women can gain from the work of Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli.
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