Vacation and why Americans take so littleNote: This episode originally ran in 2023. Do you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is […]

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 […]

The secret meeting that launched OPECRecently, a listener wrote in with a question about OPEC and oil prices. She was prepping for a camping trip… thinking a […]

Diary of a WNBA negotiatorToday the WNBA season tips off, but Dallas Wings veteran forward Alysha Clark has already won a high-stakes competition. She – and a N […]

How we got free agents in baseballCurt Flood was the best center fielder in baseball and one of the game’s highest paid players. He took the St. Louis Cardinals t […]

How to make a BOOK into a bestsellerIn the world of commercial publishing, there are few crowning achievements more coveted than a place on the New York Times […]

Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flightsIt’s way more than fuel costs that pushed Spirit Airlines to the brink of liquidation and led President Trump to m […]

Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to ChinaAt one point in history, one U.S. company monopolized the rare earths industry. Then China took over the […]

Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobsWe talk with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and Chief Economist at Redfin Daryl Fairweather about two of the biggest […]

Do prediction market bettors make anything better?Have you noticed a lot of young people getting into antenna-maxxing as alpha? Or, maybe searching for any bit of […]

How to get through the Strait of HormuzThe United States has been at war with Iran since February 28th. And for a month and a half, Iran’s main leverage over t […]

BOOKstore EconomicsHow do bookstores choose the books they stock, and how does that affect what customers read? It may not seem like it, but every shelf in a […]

A pro-worker experiment in private equityLive event info and tickets here.  If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a […]

Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflationLive event info and tickets here.  When ingredient costs skyrocket, companies have three basic options: They can raise their […]

Dark times for Cuba’s economic experimentLive event info and tickets here.  For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory economic […]

The skyscrapers that NIMBYs and zoning couldn’t stopLIVE SHOW TOUR INFO HERE. New stories, live tapings, special guests, book signings and more.  What would you […]

Our BOOK vs. the global supply chainWhen you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than […]

Inside a BOOK auctionIn the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever […]

The little pet fish that saved a town in the AmazonThe cardinal tetra is one of the most popular pet fish in the world. They look like little red and blue […]

Chef vs. RobotRobby the chef has lots of endearing qualities. He can make over 5000 dishes, he’s a consistent cook, and he’s never late for work. But he’s not a […]