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565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?They say they make companies more efficient through savvy management. Critics say they bend the rules to […]
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480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)Evidence from Nazi Germany and 1940’s America (and pretty much everywhere else) shows that d […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago

480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)Evidence from Nazi Germany and 1940’s America (and pretty much everywhere else) shows that d […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago

564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme ResiliencyEveryone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago

564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme ResiliencyEveryone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 8 months ago

563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. QuitGiving up can be painful. That’s why we need to talk about it. Today: stories about glitchy apps, leaky paint c […]
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562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and DeathIn medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales […]
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561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of EventsWe tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad […]
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232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 8 months ago

232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 8 months ago

560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best?John Ray is an emergency C.E.O., a bankruptcy expert who takes over companies that have […]
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559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?If two parents can run a family, why shouldn’t two executives run a company? We dig into the research and hear firsthand s […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago

559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?If two parents can run a family, why shouldn’t two executives run a company? We dig into the research and hear firsthand s […]
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558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than OneIn her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to f […]
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When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?The union that represents N.F.L. players conducted their first-ever survey of workplace conditions, and issued a report […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago

When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?The union that represents N.F.L. players conducted their first-ever survey of workplace conditions, and issued a report […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago

556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?For all the speculation about the future, A.I. tools can be useful right now. Adam Davidson discovers what […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago

556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?For all the speculation about the future, A.I. tools can be useful right now. Adam Davidson discovers what […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 9 months ago

555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?Guest host Adam Davidson looks at what might happen to your job in a world of human-level artificial […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 2 years, 10 months ago

554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?Artificial intelligence, we’ve been told, will destroy humankind. No, wait — it will usher in a new age of human flourishing! Guest hos […]
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