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…happy stomach. He had found on his earlier campaigns abroad that locals often refused to sell his army food, or that there was simply not enough to feed his troops…
[omny:https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/043d4702-62ed-441b-af3d-ab0d001bd58f/audio.mp3] (Photo: Argonne National Laboratory) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “The Patent Gap.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media…
[omny:https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/396acd49-47b5-4462-93db-ab0d001bc1d9/audio.mp3] (Photo: Scott Davidson) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “The Hidden Cost of False Alarms.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via…
We recently solicited your questions for Peter Diamandis, founder and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, and journalist Steven Kotler. They are co-authors of the new book Abundance: The Future…
…RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) The short answer: yes. That’s the finding of Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim from…
…“A Rose By Any Other Distance.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here.) With Mother’s Day coming…
…vote (or don’t). So fire away in the comments section below, and keep up with the podcast at iTunes or via the RSS feed to see if your question gets…
…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…
…podcast is called “Can Selling Beer Cut Down on Public Drunkenness?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript…
…podcast, “There’s Cake in the Breakroom!” You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or read the transcript here. There are at least…
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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…
[omny:https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/3ffad0a1-4a81-404b-ab01-ab0d001aae74/audio.mp3] (Photo: Ken Hawkins) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Free-conomics.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the media player above, or…
…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…
[omny:https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/14a43378-edb2-49be-8511-ab0d000a7030/17ef3558-3a0e-4f60-bda1-ab0d001a9fcf/audio.mp3] (Photo: ahenobarbus) Our latest Freakonomics Radio on Marketplace podcast is called “Have a Very Homo Economicus Christmas.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen via the…