What costs $25,000 an inch on weekdays and $35,000 an inch on weekends?
Snow removal in Danbury, Conn. That's according to Mayor Mark Boughton. You've got to like a mayor who has the dollars-per-inch figure ready when a reporter calls.
Read it at Freakonomics blog.
Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for TheAtlantic.com. More
Thompson has written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has also appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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