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New NPR Series: “We Keep Us Safe” from the Embedded podcastIn the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial […]
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Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?As the World Cup comes to a close, so does a massive real-time experiment happening just around the edges. Major League […]
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Building things and breaking things in China (Summer School World Tour)China’s turbocharged growth may have made it rich, but now it has to deal with rich country p […]
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Seven allegedly fake Chanel bags vs The RealRealOnce upon a time, if you wanted to buy a luxury brand item secondhand (say, a Chanel handbag) you had to have an […]
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Our mission: Find the world’s best economic ideas (Summer School World Tour)Come along as we travel the world in search of the best economic ideas to bring home! From […]
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How to win a penalty shootout (with game theory)Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest soccer scorer of all time. But when it comes to penalty kicks, Messi is merely […]
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Can the Trump administration make college cheaper?Will limiting how much students can borrow force schools to lower their prices? The Department of Education […]
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We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?In the early 90’s, a company called General Magic began working on a portable device that would allow p […]
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Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic MarketsPrediction markets aren’t new. Election betting was common until the 1940s, then mysteriously f […]
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The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enoughMaybe the real monster in the Alien franchise isn’t actually the killer alien. Because b […]
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Can computer hackers get inside your mind?The cyber weapon that might have prevented nuclear war. The U.S. and Israel have long been in conflict with Iran over […]
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It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?Can the government stop you from cutting down your own tree? In many towns and cities these days, removing a tree now requires a […]
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Two indicators for lowering the rentOne specific type of affordable housing used to be popular in American cities, kept rents low, then nearly vanished. Is it […]
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Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?One reason the $70 billion supplement industry is set to double in the next seven years? Lax regulation. On […]
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There’s no business like dough businessHave you ever walked around a street, mall, or airport and noticed two or three of the same franchise restaurant within […]
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The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food99% of chemicals in our food right now were added without FDA approval. Many were added in secret, through […]
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The leaked tapes that show how the rich avoid taxesTax avoidance — that is, legally reducing your tax bill — is as American as apple pie. But the line between tax […]
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The giant factory town that might be a giant mistakeHow does a poor country become a rich country? There’s a simple blueprint — or at least, that’s what many […]
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Vacation and why Americans take so littleDo you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is the ultimate economic choice. Every […]
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Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed IndependenceIf you have a credit card, hope to buy a house, or just want stable grocery prices – let’s talk about the fut […]
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