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Dowries

The price to wed, from ancient Babylon to modern India.

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The Price of Life

What it costs to get a new organ.

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The Price of Immortality

What it costs to live forever.

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Celebrity Appearance

How much it costs to have a brush with fame.

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A-List Weddings

Getting married in modern-day New York and Renaissance Italy.

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The Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold

Art sold at auction.

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First-Class Dining

Dinner on the Titanic the night the ship went down.

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Exchange Rates

Trading among the Yurok Indians, c. 1920.

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The Cost of Living

Price increases for luxury goods.

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Speculating on Definitions

Everything money is.

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Words to the Wise

P.T. Barnum and Donald Trump give advice.

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Shakespeare’s Shillings

The Bard settles his bill.

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