Stephen Dubner

The legal scholar Rebecca Haw Allensworth has just published a book called The Licensing Racket, how we decide who is allowed to work and why it goes wrong. That's next time on the show. Until then, take care of yourself. And if you can, someone else too. Freakonomics Radio is produced by Stitcher and Renbud Radio. You can find our entire archive on any podcast app.

Also at Freakonomics.com, where we publish transcripts and show notes. This episode was produced by Tao Jacobs. The Freakonomics Radio Network staff also includes Alina Kullman, Augusta Chapman, Dalvin Abouaji, Eleanor Osborne, Ellen Frankman, Elsa Hernandez, Gabriel Roth, Greg Rippin, Jasmine Klinger, Jeremy Johnston, John Schnarz, Morgan Levy, Neil Carruth, Sarah Lilly, and Zach Lipinski.

Also at Freakonomics.com, where we publish transcripts and show notes. This episode was produced by Tao Jacobs. The Freakonomics Radio Network staff also includes Alina Kullman, Augusta Chapman, Dalvin Abouaji, Eleanor Osborne, Ellen Frankman, Elsa Hernandez, Gabriel Roth, Greg Rippin, Jasmine Klinger, Jeremy Johnston, John Schnarz, Morgan Levy, Neil Carruth, Sarah Lilly, and Zach Lipinski.

Also at Freakonomics.com, where we publish transcripts and show notes. This episode was produced by Tao Jacobs. The Freakonomics Radio Network staff also includes Alina Kullman, Augusta Chapman, Dalvin Abouaji, Eleanor Osborne, Ellen Frankman, Elsa Hernandez, Gabriel Roth, Greg Rippin, Jasmine Klinger, Jeremy Johnston, John Schnarz, Morgan Levy, Neil Carruth, Sarah Lilly, and Zach Lipinski.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra.

Our theme song is Mr. Fortune by the Hitchhikers, and our composer is Luis Guerra.

I can't marry anyone who I can't run faster than backwards. So that's a no.

I can't marry anyone who I can't run faster than backwards. So that's a no.

I can't marry anyone who I can't run faster than backwards. So that's a no.

Yeah, but I've had a series of birthdays.

Yeah, but I've had a series of birthdays.

Yeah, but I've had a series of birthdays.

Stitcher.

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There's an old saying that I'm sure you've heard, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation can easily tip into forgery. In the art world, there have been many talented forgers over the years.

There's an old saying that I'm sure you've heard, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation can easily tip into forgery. In the art world, there have been many talented forgers over the years.

There's an old saying that I'm sure you've heard, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But imitation can easily tip into forgery. In the art world, there have been many talented forgers over the years.

The Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, a master forger of the 20th century, was so good that his paintings were certified and sold, often to Nazis, as works by Johan Vermeer, a 17th century Dutch master. Now there is a new kind of art forgery happening and the perpetrators are machines. I recently got back from San Francisco, the epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom.