Bring Us Your Freakonomics Questions for Another Radio FAQ
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…your health. That’s the topic of our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast, “Retirement Kills.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above,…
…Really Matter?” You can of course subscribe via iTunes (where Freakonomics Radio occasionally hits the No. 1 ranking) or listen via our RSS feed. Hope you enjoy; feedback welcome. …
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Economist Tyler Cowen‘s Twitter feed was recently hacked — for the purposes of selling a weight-loss product. In response, and following in the heels of his successful and hilarious #FedValentines…
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…if countries worked on improving the transportation infrastructure, that would lower food prices in some parts of the world? Cowen: Exactly, that would do a lot to feed people. Again,…
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…Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Olympian Economics,” with Tess Vigeland sitting in for Kai Ryssdal this week. (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the…
…you. (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) If you’re a longtime reader, you probably already have…
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…in some cases, make it outside to really strut around. Movement means that a higher percentage of their feed supports their itinerancy rather than their egg production. Cage free hens,…
…earlier podcasts, with only a bit of new material, we will not be releasing the hours into our podcast stream (iTunes version; RSS feed version), but you can download or…
…RSS feed, listen via the media player above in the post, or read the transcript here.) It is largely based on a recent paper by the Northwestern economist Robert J….
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…at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) After speaking to Vishal and his daughter, Sophia, we learned that their neighborhood…
…in producing animal feed and ultimately meat. Given this expense, as well as the world’s need for protein sources, I’d love for you to weigh in on this rather repugnant…
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…is called “Mass Transit Hysteria.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) It’s based on a recent…
…the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) It’s based on a recent working paper called “The Value of Bosses” (abstract; PDF) by Edward…
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…(You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) It’s about false memory, particularly in the political realm, and…
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…grain depot — basically, a huge pile of seeds of low quality, used usually for animal feed — and bought a batch of bulk soybeans. Bowman knew that a lot…
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