Does Anyone Care About David Mamet’s Conversion?
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…
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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…
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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….
Why does the U.S. use Fahrenheit when Celsius is better? Would you quit your job if a coin flip told you to? And how do you get an entire country…
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…
Why do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela’s husband want to date you?…
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…
Whether you’re building a business or a cathedral, execution is everything. We ask artists, scientists, and inventors how they turned ideas into reality. And we find out why it’s so…
…but AI is one of the more normal things that I do with my 11-year-old daughter, Anna. So my household is quite happy that (fellow Kansas City area native) David…
After eight years and more than 300 episodes, it was time to either 1) quit, or 2) make the show bigger and better. We voted for number 2. Here’s a…
In a word: networks. Once it embraced information as its main currency, New York was able to climb out of a deep fiscal (and psychic) pit. Will that magic trick…
Can exercising your body boost your brain’s stamina? Are some people just born lazy? And why did Angela stop reading “Us Weekly”?…
