On today's show: Four short stories about how we deal with the threat of danger, death, and crime.
Here's more on those stories:
1. The quick answer to why the government sells flood insurance: a hugely damaging hurricane named Betsy.
2. Most states require car owners to have liability insurance to cover damages their vehicles cause to others; some economists think we should require the same for gun owners.
3. How one interview could mean he'll have to pay back all the money the U.S. Postal Service and others paid to sponsor his cycling career.
4. The government is considering adopting a national happiness index. But how do you measure happiness?
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