Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to
The 166-year-old chain, which is fighting extinction, calls the parade its “gift to the nation.” Wit
It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that n
After a dramatic election, Donald Trump has returned from exile. We hear what to expect at home and
Some people want the new cannabis economy to look like the craft-beer movement. Others are hoping to
Chris Weld worked for years in emergency rooms, then ditched that career and bought an old farm in M
With abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research about an u
There are a lot of reasons, including heavy regulations, high taxes, and competition from illegal we
We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcoh
Are betting markets more accurate than polls? What kind of chaos would a second Trump term bring? An
Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have be
Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor be
His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was sus
What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progres
The biggest sports league in history had a problem: While most of its players were Black, almost non
We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neg
Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the g
Only a tiny number of “supertaskers” are capable of doing two things at once. The rest of us are jus
Educators and economists tell us all the reasons college enrollment has been dropping, especially fo
Stephen Dubner appears as a guest on Fail Better, a new podcast hosted by David Duchovny. The two of
America’s top colleges are facing record demand. So why don’t they increase supply? (Part 2 of our s
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