James Altucher Strikes Again
…is pure James: creative, useful, open-minded. TheStreet.com liked it so much that it bought a piece of the company. Now here’s the big news: Last week, TheStreet.com bought the rest…
Should a nurse or doctor who gets sick treating Covid-19 patients have priority access to a potentially life-saving healthcare device? Americans aren’t used to rationing in medicine, but it’s time…
Also: is it better to “go with the wind” or to “be the wind”?
How can you strive for excellence without overworking yourself? Why is perfectionism on the rise? And is Angela part of the problem?…
Arthur Brooks is an economist who for 10 years ran the American Enterprise Institute, one of the most influential conservative think tanks in the world. He has come to believe…
The very long reach of Winston Churchill — and how the British government is remaking copyright law.
Steve shows a different side of himself in very personal interviews with his two oldest daughters. Amanda talks about growing up with social anxiety and her decision to not go…
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin and Steve talk about how inflexible jobs and family responsibilities make it harder for women to earn wages equal to their male counterparts. But could Covid…
The former chairman of the Obama administration’s Council of Economic Advisors tells Steve how improv comedy was a better training ground for teaching than a Ph.D. from M.I.T., and why…
What’s the difference between being popular and being cool? How has social media changed the trend cycle? And what do Taylor Swift and Walmart have in common?…
What’s the connection between conversations about money and financial literacy? Could the taboo against talking about your salary be fading? And why did Angie’s teenage daughter call Vanguard to learn…
What’s the difference between being busy and being productive? Would you be better at your job if you cared a little less? And can somebody get Mike a cup of…
What’s the purpose of profanity? Why is cursing on the rise? And will Angela finally swear off swearing?…
Steve shows a different side of himself in very personal interviews with his two oldest daughters. Amanda talks about growing up with social anxiety and her decision not to go…
Do you really deserve the credit for your accomplishments? Should college admissions be determined by lottery? And how did Mike’s contribution to a charity auction change his life?…
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”? This is a “mashupdate”…
America’s top colleges are facing record demand. So why don’t they increase supply? (Part 2 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)…
…is pure James: creative, useful, open-minded. TheStreet.com liked it so much that it bought a piece of the company. Now here’s the big news: Last week, TheStreet.com bought the rest…
…online gaming companies, Sportsbook.com’s parent company, Sportingbet PLC, has decided to stop taking wagers from customers in the US effective immediately. Does this mean you can’t bet on sports or…
There’s a new news aggregator in town, called Newser.com, and from the quick look I gave it this morning, it immediately looks like one of the best I’ve seen. It…
Liberals endorse harm reduction when it comes to the opioid epidemic. Are they ready to take the same approach to climate change?…
As reported in Forbes on Friday, the Freakonomics blog will be leaving NYTimes.com on or around March 1 and returning to its indie roots. The Forbes piece and most of…
…commentary to reported profiles. She has also written for The New York Post, Salon, Wired, The Columbia Journal of American Studies, etc., and is working on a book based on…
How using peer pressure — and good, old-fashioned shame — can push people to do the right thing.
It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that newer collaborative robots (“cobots”) will totally reinvigorate how work gets done. That,…
Tania Tetlow, a former federal prosecutor and now the president of Fordham University, thinks the modern campus could use a dose of old-fashioned values….
…aggregation that the research literature suggests offer some hope of helping forecasters see further and more reliably into the future. To join, go to www.goodjudgmentproject.com. You do not need to…
…example is the following: what do you think happens when you enter www.american.com, as I did yesterday, while searching for a plane ticket. American Airlines? Nope — a new magazine…
…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….
…retains the commercial rights and sells a nicely printed and bound hard copy. Using the Creative Commons license and thereby making the PDF file freely available may have cost revenue….
