Freakonomics Radio

  • Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

    Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been steadily expanding the reach of the job. With an election around the corner, we updated our 2016…


  • Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

    Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been steadily expanding the reach of the job. With an election around the corner, we updated our 2016…


  • 605. What Do People Do All Day?

    Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less physical? And what kinds of jobs will exist in the future? SOURCES:…


  • 605. What Do People Do All Day?

    Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less physical? And what kinds of jobs will exist in the future?   …


  • 605. What Do People Do All Day?

    Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less physical? And what kinds of jobs will exist in the future?   …


  • EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

    His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As…


  • EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

    His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As…


  • EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

    His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As…


  • 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

    What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some backsliding, and a lot of controversy. (Second in a two-part series.) SOURCES: Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, president and C.E.O.…


  • 604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

    What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some backsliding, and a lot of controversy. (Second in a two-part series.)   SOURCES: Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, president and…


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