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Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep producing i […]
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494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does r […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 4 years, 4 months ago

494. Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does r […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 4 years, 4 months ago

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)Among O.E.C.D. nations, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty. […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 4 years, 4 months ago

Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have So Many Poor Kids? (Ep. 475 Update)Among O.E.C.D. nations, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty. […]
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493. Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million?Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long […]
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Are You Ready for a Fresh Start? (Ep. 455 Replay)Behavioral scientists have been exploring if — and when — a psychological reset can lead to lasting change. We sur […]
Freakonomics Radio wrote a new post 4 years, 5 months ago

492. How Did a Hayfield Become One of America’s Hottest Cities?Frisco used to be just another sleepy bedroom community outside of Dallas. Now it’s got corporate h […]
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491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?When Stephen Dubner learned that Dallas–Fort Worth will soon overtake Chicago as the third-biggest metro area in the U.S., h […]
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490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?Curses and other superstitions may have no basis in reality, but that […]
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489. Is “Toxic Positivity” a Thing? In this special episode of No Stupid Questions, Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth discuss the consequences of seeing every […]
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488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?In this special episode of People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt speaks with the palliative physician B.J. Miller […]
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487. Is It Okay to Have a Party Yet?In this special episode of Freakonomics, M.D., host Bapu Jena looks at data from birthday parties, March Madness parties, and […]
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486. “The Art Market Is in Massive Disruption.”Is art really meant to be an “asset class”? Will the digital revolution finally democratize a market that just kee […]
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485. “I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?”The more successful an artist is, the more likely their work will later be resold at auction for a […]
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484. “A Fascinating, Sexy, Intellectually Compelling, Unregulated Global Market.”The art market is so opaque and illiquid that it barely functions like a market at […]
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How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444 Replay)Patients in the U.S. healthcare system often feel they’re treated with a lack of empathy. Doctors and nurses h […]
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483. What’s Wrong With Shortcuts?You know the saying: “There are no shortcuts in life.” What if that saying is just wrong? In his new book Thinking Better: The Art […]
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482. Is Venture Capital the Secret Sauce of the American Economy?The U.S. is home to seven of the world’s 10 biggest companies. How did that happen? The answer m […]
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481. Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China?A new book by an unorthodox political scientist argues that the two rivals have more in common than we’d like to a […]
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