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95. Why America’s Economic Growth May Be (Shh!) Over
3 oktober 2012 · 6 min
Sure, we love our computers and all the rest of our digital toys. But when it comes to real economic gains, can we ever match old-school innovations like the automobile and electricity? Lees meer
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94. The Tale of the $15 Tomato
23 september 2012 · 9 min
Trying to go rustic by baking, brewing, and knitting at home can be terribly inefficient. And that's a wonderful thing. Lees meer
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93. Why Online Poker Should Be Legal
20 september 2012 · 5 min
The data show that poker is indeed a game of skill, not chance, and a Federal judge agrees. So why are players still being treated like criminals? Lees meer
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92. Fear Thy Nature
12 september 2012 · 37 min
What "Sleep No More" and the Stanford Prison Experiment tell us about who we really are. Lees meer
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91. Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?
5 september 2012 · 6 min
Binge drinking is a big problem at college football games. Oliver Luck -- father of No. 1 NFL pick Andrew, and the athletic director at West Virginia University -- had an unusual idea to help solve it. Lees meer
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90. How Deep Is the Shadow Economy?
29 augustus 2012 · 19 min
What we know -- and don't know -- about the gazillions of dollars that never show up on anyone's books. Lees meer
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89. There’s Cake in the Breakroom!
22 augustus 2012 · 6 min
If you think working from home offers too many distractions, just think about what happens at the office. Lees meer
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88. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 2
15 augustus 2012 · 34 min
College tends to make people happier, healthier, and wealthier. But how? Lees meer
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87. The Season of Death
8 augustus 2012 · 6 min
We know that summertime brings far too many fatal accidents. But you may be surprised if you dig into the numbers. Lees meer
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86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1
29 juli 2012 · 29 min
What's a college degree really worth these days? Lees meer
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85. Olympian Economics
25 juli 2012 · 7 min
Do host cities really get the benefits their boosters promise, or are they just engaging in some fiscal gymnastics? Lees meer
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84. Legacy of a Jerk
18 juli 2012 · 43 min
What happens to your reputation when you're no longer around to defend it? Lees meer
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83. What's Wrong With Cash for Grades?
11 juli 2012 · 6 min
If we want our kids to thrive in school, maybe we should just pay them. Lees meer
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82. Please Steal My Car
4 juli 2012 · 23 min
Levitt and Dubner answer your FREAK-quently Asked Questions about junk food, insurance, and how to make an economist happy. Lees meer
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81. Star-Spangled Banter?
26 juni 2012 · 7 min
Once a week, the British Prime Minister goes before the House of Commons for a lightning round of hard questions. Should the U.S. give it a try? Lees meer
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80. Riding the Herd Mentality
20 juni 2012 · 36 min
How using peer pressure -- and good, old-fashioned shame -- can push people to do the right thing. Lees meer
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79. A Cheap Employee Is … a Cheap Employee
14 juni 2012 · 6 min
Paying workers as little as possible seems smart -- unless you can make more money by paying them more. Lees meer
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78. You Eat What You Are, Part 2
6 juni 2012 · 29 min
To feed 7 billion people while protecting the environment, it would seem that going local is a no-brainer -- until you start looking at the numbers. Lees meer
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77. Playing the Nerd Card
31 mei 2012 · 5 min
The NBA’s superstars are suddenly sporting Urkel glasses -- but is it more than a fashion statement? Lees meer
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76. You Eat What You Are, Part 1
23 mei 2012 · 30 min
How American food so got bad -- and why it's getting so much better. Lees meer
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75. Retirement Kills
17 mei 2012 · 6 min
Sure, we all dream of leaving the office forever. But what if it's bad for your health? Lees meer
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74. Soul Possession
7 mei 2012 · 28 min
In a world where nearly everything is for sale, is it always okay to buy what isn’t yours? Lees meer
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73. A Rose By Any Other Distance
2 mei 2012 · 6 min
At a time when people worry about every mile their food must travel, why is it okay to import most of our cut flowers from thousands of miles away? Lees meer
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72. Lottery Loopholes and Deadly Doctors
25 april 2012 · 57 min
What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates? Lees meer
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71. Is Good Corporate Citizenship Also Good for the Bottom Line?
19 april 2012 · 6 min
A new study says that yes, it is -- but try telling that to the United Nations officials who are preaching sustainability practices. Lees meer
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70. Eating and Tweeting
11 april 2012 · 57 min
Does the future of food lie in its past – or inside a tank of liquid nitrogen? Also: how anti-social can you be on a social network? Lees meer
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69. The Hidden Cost of False Alarms
4 april 2012 · 6 min
If any other product failed 94 percent of the time, you’d probably stop using it. So why do we put up with burglar alarms? Lees meer
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68. The Power of the President -- and the Thumb
28 maart 2012 · 57 min
How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors." Lees meer
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67. The Patent Gap
22 maart 2012 · 5 min
Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on? Lees meer
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66. Show and Yell
14 maart 2012 · 58 min
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism or the last true expression of democracy? And: when you drive a Prius, are you guilty of “conspicuous conservation”? Lees meer
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65. It’s Not the President, Stupid
7 maart 2012 · 5 min
Isn’t it time to admit that the U.S. economy doesn’t have a commander in chief? Lees meer
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64. The Days of Wine and Mouses
27 februari 2012 · 56 min
Do more expensive wines taste better? And: what does one little rodent in a salad say about a restaurant’s future? Lees meer
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63. The Dilbert Index?
22 februari 2012 · 5 min
Measuring workplace morale -- and how to game the sick-day system. Lees meer
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62. How Biased Is Your Media?
15 februari 2012 · 36 min
The left and the right blame each other for pretty much everything, including slanted media coverage. Can they both be right? Lees meer
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61. Does This Recession Make Me Look Fat?
9 februari 2012 · 5 min
A look at some non-obvious ways to lose weight. Lees meer
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60. Save Me From Myself
1 februari 2012 · 34 min
A commitment device forces you to be the person you really want to be. What could possibly go wrong? Lees meer
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59. The Hidden Side of the Super Bowl
25 januari 2012 · 5 min
A football cheat sheet to help you sound like the smartest person at the party. Lees meer
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58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?
19 januari 2012 · 34 min
Education is the surest solution to a lot of problems. Except when it’s not. Lees meer
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57. Does Money Really Buy Elections?
11 januari 2012 · 6 min
We all know the answer is yes. But the data -- and Rudy Giuliani -- say no. Lees meer
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56. Why Is “I Don’t Know” So Hard to Say?
4 januari 2012 · 16 min
Levitt and Dubner answer your FREAK-quently Asked Questions about certifying politicians, irrational fears, and the toughest three words in the English language. Lees meer
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55. The Perils of Drunk Walking
27 december 2011 · 5 min
We know it's terribly dangerous to drive drunk. But heading home on foot isn't the solution. Lees meer
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54. How Is a Bad Radio Station Like Our Public-School System? (Encore)
21 december 2011 · 30 min
The thrill of customization, via Pandora and a radical new teaching method Lees meer
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53. How American Food Got So Bad
13 december 2011 · 5 min
Tyler Cowen points fingers. There's plenty of blame to go around. Lees meer
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52. Weird Recycling
2 december 2011 · 24 min
Clever ways to not waste our waste. Lees meer
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51. What Makes a Donor Donate?
29 november 2011 · 5 min
The science of charity, with economist John List. Lees meer
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50. The Truth Is Out There…Isn’t It?
22 november 2011 · 30 min
There’s a nasty secret about hot-button topics like global warming: knowledge is not always power. Lees meer
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49. Unnatural Turkeys
16 november 2011 · 5 min
Our appetite for breast meat renders our holiday birds unable to reproduce. Lees meer
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48. Boo…Who?
8 november 2011 · 30 min
Is booing an act of verbal vandalism—or the last true expression of democracy? Lees meer
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47. Wildfires, Cops, and Keggers
2 november 2011 · 5 min
On Election Day, most people focus on the obvious winners and losers -- that is, the candidates. But we went looking for some of the strange side effects that elections produce. Lees meer
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46. Misadventures in Baby-Making
25 oktober 2011 · 27 min
We are constantly wowed by new technologies and policies meant to make childbirth better. But beware the unintended consequences. Lees meer
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