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254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?
21 juli 2016 · 37 min
Overt discrimination in the labor markets may be on the wane, but women are still subtly penalized by all sorts of societal conventions. How can those penalties be removed without burning down the house? Lees meer
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253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?
14 juli 2016 · 48 min
It's a remarkable ecosystem that allows each of us to exercise control over our lives. But how much control do we truly have? How many of our decisions are really being made by Google and Facebook and Apple? And, perhaps most importantly: is the Internet's true potential being squandered? Lees meer
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252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician
7 juli 2016 · 44 min
Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, has big ambitions but knows he must first master the small stuff. He's also a polymath who relies heavily on data and new technologies. Could this be what modern politics is supposed to look like? Lees meer
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The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast )
30 juni 2016 · 57 min
There are more than twice as many suicides as murders in the U.S., but suicide attracts far less scrutiny. Freakonomics Radio digs through the numbers and finds all kinds of surprises. Lees meer
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How Much Does the President Really Matter? (Rebroadcast)
23 juni 2016 · 33 min
The U.S. president is often called the "leader of free world." But if you ask an economist or a Constitutional scholar how much the occupant of the Oval Office matters, they won't say much. We look at what the data have to say about measuring leadership, and its impact on the economy and the country. Lees meer
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Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast)
16 juni 2016 · 36 min
There are all kinds of civics-class answers to that question. But how true are they? Could it be that we like to read about war, politics, and miscellaneous heartbreak simply because it's (gasp) entertaining? Lees meer
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Time to Take Back the Toilet
9 juni 2016 · 32 min
Public bathrooms are noisy, poorly designed, and often nonexistent. What to do? Lees meer
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251. Are We in a Mattress-Store Bubble?
9 juni 2016 · 37 min
You've seen them — everywhere! — and often clustered together, as if central planners across America decided that what every city really needs is a Mattress District. There are now dozens of online rivals too. Why are there so many stores selling something we buy so rarely? Lees meer
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250. Why Does Everyone Hate Flying? And Other Questions Only a Pilot Can Answer
2 juni 2016 · 44 min
Patrick Smith, the author of Cockpit Confidential, answers every question we can throw at him about what really happens up in the air. Just don't get him started on pilotless planes -- or whether the autopilot is actually doing the flying. Lees meer
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249. The Longest Long Shot
26 mei 2016 · 43 min
When the uncelebrated Leicester City Football Club won the English Premier League, it wasn't just the biggest underdog story in recent history. It was a sign of changing economics — and that other impossible, wonderful events might be lurking just around the corner. Lees meer
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248. How to Be Tim Ferriss
19 mei 2016 · 42 min
Our Self-Improvement Month concludes with a man whose entire life and career are one big pile of self-improvement. Nutrition? Check. Bizarre physical activities? Check. Working less and earning more? Check. Tim Ferriss, creator of the Four-Hour universe, may at first glance look like a charlatan, but it seems more likely that he's a wizard -- and the kind of self-improvement ally we all want on our side. Lees meer
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247. How to Win Games and Beat People
12 mei 2016 · 53 min
Games are as old as civilization itself, and some people think they have huge social value regardless of whether you win or lose. Tom Whipple is not one of those people. That's why he consulted an army of preposterously overqualified experts to find the secret to winning any game. Lees meer
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246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life
5 mei 2016 · 44 min
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that a person's level of stick-to-itiveness is directly related to their level of success. No big surprise there. But grit, she says, isn't something you're born with -- it can be learned. Here's how. Lees meer
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245. Being Malcolm Gladwell
2 mei 2016 · 28 min
"Books are a pain in the ass," says Gladwell, who has written some of the most popular, influential, and beloved non-fiction books in recent history. In this wide-ranging and candid conversation, he describes other pains in the ass -- as well as his passions, his limits, and why he'll never take up golf. Lees meer
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244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything
28 april 2016 · 48 min
What if the thing we call "talent" is grotesquely overrated? And what if deliberate practice is the secret to excellence? Those are the claims of the research psychologist Anders Ericsson, who has been studying the science of expertise for decades. He tells us everything he's learned. Lees meer
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243. How to Be More Productive
21 april 2016 · 39 min
It's Self-Improvement Month at Freakonomics Radio. We begin with a topic that seems to be on everyone's mind: how to get more done in less time. First, however, a warning: there's a big difference between being busy and being productive. Lees meer
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242. Is the World Ready for a Guaranteed Basic Income?
14 april 2016 · 37 min
A lot of full-time jobs in the modern economy simply don't pay a living wage. And even those jobs may be obliterated by new technologies. What's to be done so that financially vulnerable people aren't just crushed? It may finally be time for an idea that economists have promoted for decades. Lees meer
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241. Are Payday Loans Really as Evil as People Say?
7 april 2016 · 50 min
Critics -- including President Obama -- say short-term, high-interest loans are predatory, trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. But some economists see them as a useful financial instrument for people who need them. As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promotes new regulation, we ask: who's right? Lees meer
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The Economics of Sleep, Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
31 maart 2016 · 43 min
People who sleep better earn more money. Now all we have to do is teach everyone to sleep better. Lees meer
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The Economics of Sleep, Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
24 maart 2016 · 46 min
Could a lack of sleep help explain why some people get much sicker than others? Lees meer
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240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think
17 maart 2016 · 34 min
As sexy as the digital revolution may be, it can't compare to the Second Industrial Revolution (electricity! the gas engine! antibiotics!), which created the biggest standard-of-living boost in U.S. history. The only problem, argues the economist Robert Gordon, is that the Second Industrial Revolution was a one-time event. So what happens next? Lees meer
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239. The No-Tipping Point
11 maart 2016 · 43 min
The restaurant business model is warped: kitchen wages are too low to hire cooks, while diners are put in charge of paying the waitstaff. So what happens if you eliminate tipping, raise menu prices, and redistribute the wealth? New York restaurant maverick Danny Meyer is about to find out. Lees meer
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238. The United States of Cory Booker
3 maart 2016 · 39 min
The junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey thinks bipartisanship is right around the corner. Is he just an idealistic newbie or does he see a way forward that everyone else has missed? Lees meer
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237. Ask Not What Your Podcast Can Do for You
25 februari 2016 · 42 min
Now and again, Freakonomics Radio puts hat in hand and asks listeners to donate to the public-radio station that produces the show. Why on earth should anyone pay good money for something that can be had for free? Here are a few reasons. Lees meer
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236. How Can This Possibly Be True?
18 februari 2016 · 41 min
A famous economics essay features a pencil (yes, a pencil) arguing that “not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me.” Is the pencil just bragging? In any case, what can the pencil teach us about our global interdependence — and the proper role of government in the economy? Lees meer
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235. Who Needs Handwriting?
11 februari 2016 · 40 min
The digital age is making pen and paper seem obsolete. But what are we giving up if we give up on handwriting? Lees meer
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How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps (Rebroadcast)
4 februari 2016 · 29 min
Okay, maybe the steps aren't so easy. But a program run out of a Toronto housing project has had great success in turning around kids who were headed for trouble. Lees meer
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Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast)
28 januari 2016 · 37 min
If U.S. schoolteachers are indeed "just a little bit below average," it's not really their fault. So what should be done about it? Lees meer
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234. Do Boycotts Work?
21 januari 2016 · 37 min
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the South African divestment campaign, Chick-fil-A! Almost anyone can launch a boycott, and the media loves to cover them. But do boycotts actually produce the change they're fighting for? Lees meer
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233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future
14 januari 2016 · 47 min
Experts and pundits are notoriously bad at forecasting, in part because they aren't punished for bad predictions. Also, they tend to be deeply unscientific. The psychologist Philip Tetlock is finally turning prediction into a science -- and now even you could become a superforecaster. Lees meer
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232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap
7 januari 2016 · 43 min
Discrimination can't explain why women earn so much less than men. If only it were that easy. Lees meer
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When Willpower Isn’t Enough (Rebroadcast)
31 december 2015 · 31 min
Sure, we all want to make good personal decisions, but it doesn't always work out. That's where "temptation bundling" comes in. Lees meer
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Fixing the World, Bang-for-the-Buck Edition (Rebroadcast)
24 december 2015 · 42 min
A team of economists has been running the numbers on the U.N.'s development goals. They have a different view of how those billions of dollars should be spent. Lees meer
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231. Is Migration a Basic Human Right?
17 december 2015 · 1 uur 1 min
The argument for open borders is compelling -- and deeply problematic. Lees meer
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230. The Cheeseburger Diet
10 december 2015 · 32 min
One woman's quest to find the best burger in town can teach all of us to eat smarter. Lees meer
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229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade
3 december 2015 · 47 min
He was handed the keys to the global economy just as it started heading off a cliff. Fortunately, he'd seen this movie before. Lees meer
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Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)
26 november 2015 · 40 min
Even a brutal natural disaster doesn't diminish our appetite for procreating. This surely means we're heading toward massive overpopulation, right? Probably not. Lees meer
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228. Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?
19 november 2015 · 46 min
In our collective zeal to reform schools and close the achievement gap, we may have lost sight of where most learning really happens -- at home. Lees meer
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227. Should Everyone Be in a Rock Band?
12 november 2015 · 46 min
Lessons from Tom Petty's rise and another rocker's fall. Lees meer
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226. Food + Science = Victory!
5 november 2015 · 38 min
A kitchen wizard and a nutrition detective talk about the perfect hamburger, getting the most out of garlic, and why you should use vodka in just about everything. Lees meer
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225. Am I Boring You?
29 oktober 2015 · 40 min
Researchers are trying to figure out who gets bored - and why - and what it means for ourselves and the economy. But maybe there's an upside to boredom? Lees meer
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How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying (Rebroadcast)
22 oktober 2015 · 36 min
Doctors, chefs, and other experts are much more likely than the rest of us to buy store-brand products. What do they know that we don't? Lees meer
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224. How To Win A Nobel Prize
15 oktober 2015 · 45 min
The process is famously secretive (and conducted in Swedish!) but we pry the lid off at least a little bit. Lees meer
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223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
8 oktober 2015 · 47 min
When one athlete turned pro, his mom asked him for $1 million. Our modern sensibilities tell us she doesn't have a case. But should she? Lees meer
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222. Meet the Woman Who Said Women Can’t Have It All
1 oktober 2015 · 42 min
Anne-Marie Slaughter was best known for her adamant views on Syria when she accidentally became a poster girl for modern feminism. As it turns out, she can be pretty adamant in that realm as well. Lees meer
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221. How Did the Belt Win?
24 september 2015 · 31 min
Suspenders may work better, but the dork factor is too high. How did an organ-squeezing belly tourniquet become part of our everyday wardrobe -- and what other suboptimal solutions do we routinely put up with? Lees meer
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220. “I Don't Know What You've Done With My Husband, But He's a Changed Man.”
17 september 2015 · 47 min
From domestic abusers to former child soldiers, there is increasing evidence that behavioral therapy can turn them around. Lees meer
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219. Preventing Crime for Pennies on the Dollar
10 september 2015 · 42 min
Conventional programs tend to be expensive, onerous, and ineffective. Could something as simple (and cheap) as cognitive behavioral therapy do the trick? Lees meer
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218. The Harvard President Will See You Now
3 september 2015 · 39 min
How a pain-in-the-neck girl from rural Virginia came to run the most powerful university in the world. Lees meer
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217. Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset?
27 augustus 2015 · 37 min
We spend billions on end-of-life healthcare that doesn't do much good. So what if a patient could forego the standard treatment and get a cash rebate instead? Lees meer
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