Think Like A Freak: Chapter Analysis

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Think Like a Freak
“Like a Bad Dye Job, the Truth Is in the Roots” Jayla Helton
ECON 202
Summary
In this chapter, they discuss how people discover a problem, and try to find a new way to approach it. The causes of many diseases, are still unknown to this day. Through several resource and trial and error, doctors have still never found a cure to some diseases. Finding the roots to and issue can sometimes to be difficult. A small section of this chapter talks about the economy in one town, compared to another. In one town, it could be terrible. While in another, it could outstanding. This chapter also includes things about why crime increase, and why it decrease. Barry Marshall was another important guy in this chapter. He

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