Scott Duke Kominers, Columnist

Kominers's Conundrums: The Playlist Is the Puzzle

Musical clues lead to one of the biggest questions in rock-and-roll history. Will you answer it?

July 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC

Scott Duke Kominers is the MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a faculty affiliate of the Harvard University department of economics.

Beat the puzzle. Then beat the heat. — Beat the puzzle. Then beat the heat.
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At least in the northern hemisphere, summer is in full swing, with sun-blistering temperatures getting up to 98 degrees and worse. There is only one sure way to beat the heat: a summer playlist puzzle.

If you want to borrow the one on repeat at the Conundrums Cabana, you’ll have to fill in the clues. This week’s answer may depend on your stance on one of the greatest questions in rock-and-roll history. So listen closely!