Steve usually asks his guests for advice, whether they’re magicians or Nobel laureates. After nearly 60 episodes, is any of it worth following — or should we just ask listeners…
What do Renaissance painting, civil-rights movements, and Olympic cycling have in common? In each case, huge breakthroughs came from taking tiny steps. In a world where everyone is looking for…
The following is a guest post by David Berri, a Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University. He is also the lead author of Stumbling on Wins, the general manager…
Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing?
Mark Zuckerberg’s dentist dad was an early adopter of digital x-rays. Jack Welch blew the roof off a factory. Carol Bartz was a Wisconsin farm girl who got into computers….
The ethologist and conservationist discusses the thrill of observing chimpanzees in the wild, the value of challenging orthodoxy, and why dying is her next great adventure.
…airport-bookstore mumbo jumbo? We put these questions to Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Indra Nooyi, Satya Nadella, Jack Welch, Ray Dalio, Carol Bartz, David Rubenstein, and Ellen Pao. (Part 1 of…
Also, what’s better: to learn new skills or go deep on what you’re good at?…
The playwright David Mamet, writing in the Village Voice, declared that he had renounced his unabashed liberal world view for a more conservative one, due primarily to the influence of…
Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing?…
Family environments and “diversifying experiences” (including the early death of a parent); intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations; schools that value assessments, but don’t assess the things we value. All these elements…
Why are women unhappier than men? What can we do to move the needle? And is it better to be happy or to be good?…
The documentary filmmaker, known for The Civil War, Jazz, and Baseball, turns his attention to the Holocaust, and asks what we can learn from the evils of the past….
Photo: Rubenstein Here’s what the Red Sox slugger had to say recently about the sour streak his team has been on lately, endangering its playoff hopes: “There’s nobody to blame…
The gist: 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?
…actually carry on Friedman’s vision. David Warsh‘s latest column is about the controversy. My own view is the following: The Chicago economics department views the world differently than anyone else,…
…avoid many kinds of illnesses and add more years to our lifespan. The oncologist David Agus lives halfway between those two thoughts. He is a professor at USC, the founder…
Is it really that important to make your bed? What’s the benefit of hiring a lazy person? And how many cups of spinach can Mike fit in a red Solo…
Is it better to be the best player on the worst team or the worst player on the best team? How did Angela cope with her extremely impressive freshman dorm-mates?…
Also: should we all have personal mission statements?
Only 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run by women. Why? Research shows that female executives are more likely to be put in charge of firms that are already…
Real tax reform may or may not ever happen. In the meantime, how about making the current system work a bit better?
…evaporated when I tracked down the brains behind the site, David Sukhin.? It turns out that David is just a junior in high school in New Jersey.? “I made the…
His childhood dream of playing in the N.B.A. led him to a career as a referee. Marc is one of the league’s top performers after over 20 seasons, but he…
How American food so got bad — and why it’s getting so much better.
In this episode of No Stupid Questions — a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year — Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth debate why we watch, read and eat…
Read the Column » Manipulation of Collateral Values by Borrowers and Intermediaries By Itzhak Ben-David Income and Wealth Effects of Italian Household By Charles Grant and Tuomas Peltonen Appraisal Fraud…
