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We’re working on an episode about behavior change — essentially, how to get yourself to do the things you should be doing but often don’t. It revolves around the fascinating research of Katy Milkman at...
View ArticleGreat Companies Needed
My good friend and colleague John List has very ambitious summer plans. We’ve both believed for a long time that the combination of creative economic thinking and randomized experiments has the...
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New Miracle Sleep Aid Discovered!
From a podcast listener named Jessica Graham in Sydney, Australia: My name is Jess and for most of my adult life I have been afflicted by various forms of sleeplessness. Would I call it insomnia? I...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Poor Pregnant Women Are Given Medicaid Coverage?
We’ll be putting out a new Freakonomics Radio episode later this week on the use of RCTs (randomized controlled trials) in healthcare delivery. It features the work of the MIT economist Amy Finkelstein...
View ArticleA Would-Be Freakonomist in Kyrgyzstan Needs Your Help
From a reader named John Keaney: I just finished your book Think Like a Freak, and I’m trying to use the lessons in the book while I’m in Kyrgyzstan. I’m an undergraduate at University of South...
View ArticleShould I Work for an “Evil” Company?
A reader writes in with a question that is hard to answer. I thought it’d be best to put the question to you, our readers; hopefully you can help him find his way to a good decision. Hello: I am an...
View ArticleReligiosity: Good for Society, Bad for Innovation?
In a new working paper, Roland Benabou, Davide Ticchi, and Andrea Vindigni follow up their earlier paper which found “a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita.” Their...
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Read an Early Excerpt from When to Rob a Bank
Pre-order your copy today! In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. When Freakonomics was first...
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The Annual Freakonomics Kentucky Derby Predictions
(Photo: Florian Christoph) Almost a decade of blogging had worn me down, but after some time off, I’m ready to jump back in the saddle. I can’t think of a better way than by embarrassing myself with...
View ArticleDo We Owe This Boyfriend an Apology?
We recently received the following e-mail from Yu Chen, a 29-year-old engineer supervisor in California who moved to the U.S. from China when she was 16. I listened to the episode on diamonds and asked...
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Any Strategic Reading Tips for a Survivor Applicant?
From a computer scientist (and self-professed “data nerd”) named Scott Griggs: Hi! Long time reader/listener here, looking for some quick reading list recommendations… I have submitted another...
View ArticleQuite Possibly the Most Flattering E-Mail Ever
Many people have written many nice things to us over the years. (Of course some people have written some not-so-nice things too.) But the following is my favorite, or at least my new favorite: Good...
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Introducing “Question of the Day,” a New Dubner Podcast
One of the best things about being a journalist is getting to ask questions. Stephen Dubner has been doing this for years, accumulating fascinating bits of knowledge, hidden insights, and wild stories....
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Win Free Tickets to See Dubner on Stage in Brooklyn on January 14
When Stephen Dubner’s new podcast Question of the Day launched in August, it immediately shot to No. 1 on the iTunes chart. Last month it was selected as one of iTunes “Best of 2015.” (You can...
View ArticleCalling All (Potential) Peak Performers!
In our recent Freakonomics Radio episode “How to Become Great at Just About Anything,” we spoke with K. Anders Ericsson, a research psychologist who has spent more than 30 years studying expert...
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Announcing the Debut of Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
A contestant tries to wow host Stephen J. Dubner and panelists Sam Kass, Gretchen Rubin and Zeke Emanuel. (Photo: Lucy Sutton.) A while back, we tried out a new idea on a special edition of...
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Happy Everything, From Freakonomics
How can we at Freakonomics help you during the holidays? Here’s a few ideas: 1. We can provide inspiration for gifts for the “homo economicus” in your life. 2. When you’re making your year-end...
View ArticleCalling All Music-Industry Insiders and the Economists Who Love Them
The Princeton economist Alan Krueger — he led the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama, and his research has been featured several times on Freakonomics.com — is among a group of scholars launching...
View ArticleCongratulations to Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler!
It should surprise no one, and delight everyone, that Richard Thaler has won this year’s Nobel in economics. Congratulations! Thaler is a big reason I personally got interested in economics. (I’ve...
View ArticleFreakonomics Radio Network’s 2022 Staff Picks
To celebrate a wonderful year of production on all of the shows in our network, we asked our staff to choose their favorite episode of the year. Lyric Bowditch, Production Associate“Why Do Doctors...
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