Freakonomics began as a book, which led to a blog, a documentary film, more books, a pair of pants, and in 2010, a podcast called Freakonomics Radio. Hosted by Stephen J. Dubner, it became and remains one of the most popular podcasts in the world, with a reputation for storytelling that is both rigorous and entertaining. Its archive of more than 500 episodes is available, for free, on any podcast app, and the show airs weekly on NPR stations. Freakonomics Radio is now the flagship show of the Freakonomics Radio Network, which includes the podcasts No Stupid Questions (est. 2020), People I (Mostly) Admire (2020), Freakonomics, M.D. (2021), and a variety of special series.
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What a trash interview. Zero pushback or hard questions. His whole argument boils down to “it used to be worse for Black people so they should stop complaining” and “affirmative action was good and necessary when it benefited me, but now we’ve solved racism so fuck these lazy kids”. Giving this clown an uncritical platform to spew bullshit that only gives cover for racists to hide behind is irresponsible and unethical. Long time listener unsubscribing
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Wow guys I been listening to your podcast last three years now on tablet in the clink n just saw ya visual for first time. Dubnah I got close to guessing n yet Levitt shocked me completely. Thought he looked like Phil Coulson SHIELD agent from Marvel Avengers movies n yet he looks all GQ like Johnny from Karate Kid movie original ya shocked totally hahaha. First day back on www in four years now n worth it rock that howse Freaks!!!!!
I'm a liberal, and I agree with almost everything he advocates for. Except for the trans bit, why is it anyone's business??
It’s nobody’s business. But the trans make it into a business. When they insist biological male can compete in female sports or saying things like there’s no difference between men and women, they are making it every one’s business. I am all for people’s self expression and I am happy to support anyone’s right to express. But when you intruding onto other people’s domain because of your own pursuit of happiness, other people will have a reaction.
I have agreements and disagreements with many of his beliefs. I do not know much about Loury but based on this interview i have ascertained that his beliefs are genuine. He's the most raw and honest person you have interviewed. We are all bad people it's just some are better at hiding it than others. Just because you do not or did not abide by your own beliefs does not mean that truth exists. We cannot deny reality because it solves our cognitive dissonance. Make changes or deal with guilt and shame. The past is the past.
if everybody is bad, what even is bad? Is "bad" really a bad/evil/undesirable thing if its seemingly present in everyone?
I dont believe most of what he said
not trying to offend or provoke you but just curious: could you be more specific? What are some of the things you dont believe and if possible why dont you believe them? Its just that I dont think he said anything all that crazy here
I find the older I get, the more I'm willing to set healthy boundaries, something I was taught never to do. And thank you for mentioning the alternative ending to The Giving Tree, I'm a teacher and looking forward to sharing this with everyone!
Maybe . . .MAYBE, we could use data to prevent the media from aggrandizing and sensationalizing every incident they can find to create greater division and more ignorance in the advancement of racial prejudice
Awesome episode! Thank you
I’m not crying, nope….it’s just my allergies
Is #4 toothpaste manufacturer in all of Kazakhstan!
Mmmmm. Serviceable beans.
That’s the only fact check?? smh
Total money scam as fare as I concern. They didn't even pick up on my Indian ancestor. i spent almost $250 only to asked for more money. Wow
Just Found You . Most Interesting Approach . Nice . I LIKE Knowledge . Enjoy Your Day . Thank You , I'll Listen To More
Racist
Wow, best episode. Should be an independent government inquiry from the sounds of it. I know first hand about the stresses over ownership from my parents who had their own business. It takes more than just showing up for work on time to make a business work.
I see a metaphor. A business without a workable business model will not survive. I am guessing that is true for an industry. There is or at least may be an information marketplace, or ecosystem, or economy, I am not sure how to express the thought. It's something like the food industry making cows and wheat believe they as individuals are experiencing benefit by the existence of the marketplace. In the information economy, my stupid little ass, my Gestalt, is the thing that will be processed into parts that have value and waste.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Mr. Fryer is Thomas Sowell's heir apparent.
excellent. thanks.
'industrial democracy' Ricardo Semler's (owner of Brazilian firm SEMCO) book 'Maverick' 1992 is an highly accessible intro into this area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler
I just read the thumbnail, short answer No. Why? Because common sense.
Is there some reason you keep re-posting the same episodes?
NO - our lives are NOT longer as those in the past - Americans are living SHORTER lives than the generation before - because of Crony capitalism that literally sucks the life out of the people.
Steven Pinker is yet another Zionist supporter of the war-mongering profiteers - the Palestinians have suffered decades of abuse and apartheid on their own land which is being stolen from them. Any intellectual who is not a socialist is in fact a tool of the vicious corporate profiteers and a traitor to the vast majority of people. He and other pseudo-intellectuals like Thomas Sowell spent their careers convincing you why the rich and powerful should get even more power and money while everyone else lose. Don't buy it - get rid of the corporate shill infesting our educational institutions.
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Hey Americans . . It's not always about the $$$$. I, for one am glad to hear in the summary that she's still at least trying to be true to her initial goals, regardless of the $tock market value of her business
Everything is not a short cut. Let's be careful with language.
Yuval Harari is a top advisor to WEF and Klaus Scwab. DYOR on what the implications are and will be for you before you jump on this wagon.
She's to PC to really get to the bottom of this important issue. We need a unapologetic approach to this subject backed by data, and no bias.
Feel good analysis on this one. Very misleading for the vague explanation to the numbers and its distribution. This doesn’t lie but it is evasive and holographic about the truth. These cookies are bot sympathetically by everyone. We all have a warm feeling of empowering little girls to economy and self empowerment. They could have that taste of self empowerment but if doing it again, would probably feel the sharp sting of exploitation. This is a criminal racket for using child labor. If the revenues had even 49% to its specific troop, I would shut my face. Your troop is getting no more than 9% of these wildly overpriced cookies.
YOU STOLE OUR NAME
I have never hated anyone so deeply in my whole life. I hope he gets investigated after leaving office. 🖕
Son of Castro.
Trudeau should be in prison.
After a decade, there is no logical way of denying that the liberal policies have failed us. I do not think people realize how bad things have gotten in Canada in every single portfolio managed by this government. I wish the interviewer had done some research into Canada and been more informed before this interview, we could have maybe gotten some clarity as to why the PM still pushes policies that have directly made our lives worse.
Indeed Mr Harari is a brilliant mind. I have read some of his work nevertheless I couldn’t disagree more with him because life has great meaning it’s wonderfully magnificent! Just look at all the great civilizations that have walked this earth 🌍 life it’s amazing y will like for mr harari to come to Mexico 🇲🇽 and see wonderful magical and amazing things!
Women still want less overtime than men. We want a life and time away from work more than men.
Come on, they were _all_ Jewish. Every single name you mention was Jewish (except Schumpeter - Catholic, and maybe Klimt). You even name New York as a second Vienna: NY is the biggest Jewish city on earth. They both had/have a minority % of Jews, which completely dominate(d) all valuable and creative industries. Up to 12% in Vienna, but 15% (2023) - 25% (1950) in New York, yet they comprise(d) 30-40-50-60% of doctors, lawyers, bankers, ... had almost total control over many creative industries (music, theatre, art, writing, publishing,...) as well as various academic disciplines (economics, philosophy, math, ...) You mention Dichter for marketing, but not Bernays (Freud's nephew), who invented PR and propaganda. The _Vienna Circle_ of philosophers originated with Frank, Neurath and Hahn, but encompassed Wittgenstein, Popper, Tarski, Feigl, Bergmann, Menger, Kaufmann, Kraft, Waismann, Rand, Schächter, Zilsel and 'the other' von Mises. The Vienna Circle was contemporary with the _Frankfurt School._ I'm not saying it's bad, it is (was) certainly a bright flourishing of the intellect, and very positive for the US when many of them emigrated from Vienna. But the fact they were _all_ Jewish is a curious question that needs addressing, rather than avoiding. A second question might be what benefit did the US gain from all European migration caused by WWII, including pre-war exiles and post-war recruitment, like Werner von Braun. It might be tricky, but interesting, to disentangle the migration of the persecuted, motivated and gifted, from the pure economic expansion of the war effort, destruction of almost all other industry on the planet, and far-sighted polices like the Marshall Plan and the GI Bill. Then, perhaps compare WWII period with today - are the East and South Asian migrants as productive? (my hunch is enormously beneficial for the US, but not quite as significant as the WWII period). Finally, what would happen if that migration benefit was ever switched off (by US policy or foreign preferences) - hard to imagine at the current moment, but still interesting. Does the US actually have a dynamic population, _sans_ immigration? (e.g. some large % of startups have at least one foreign-born founder, and many more 2nd generation immigrants). Meanwhile, Austria ducks out of the defense of western civilization, as a free-rider, enclosed by, but not in, NATO. No wonder they are rich. Can you name a world-dominating Austrian company??? No, but they bank all their gains while the rest of us defend their perimeter.
I love that book
19:00 to 22:40 ... horrifying 32:35... trade off between speakers and listeners... 34:20 the ability to think in the absence of words...
This is a super interesting podcast. I can highly represent Stefan Zweig's autobiography. Equally tomorrow I will buy Richard's book. I'm excited to read it. During covid I rode my bicycle from Berlin to Vienna in search of what I might find there. In fact, the place was deserted and what is left is only an echo of the past. If I could go back in time I would go to Vienna in 1905 and experience it for myself. Indeed amazing how for a flicker of time a city may emerge as a beacon of enlightenment surrounded by a deeply conservative, rule bound, fascist land. Thank you so much for this.
Yes! 👍🏽
Politics determines how wealth is distributed within a country, while wars and diplomacy determine how wealth is distributed between countries. These are not good outcomes of US government policies for US citizens: Economic inequality, inflation, stagnant real wages for the last fifty years, costly healthcare, an expensive education system, student loan debt totaling $1.7 trillion with an average balance of $38,000, poor public transportation systems, racial inequality, mass incarceration, the militarization of police, deteriorating infrastructure, housing affordability, homelessness, the opioid epidemic, and gun violence. The Chinese population does not enjoy any of the above issues. The IPSOS 2023 Global Happiness Level Report lists China at number one position with the happiest people in the world at 91%, with Saudi Arabia second at 86%. In the US, the wealthy dictate (lobbying, political donations, and pork-barrelling are legalized) government policies. In China, the wealthy have no special say in government policies. In China, the people cannot change their government, but they can change the government policies. In the West, the people can change their government, but they cannot change the government policies.
I do have to laugh at how gormless the gang at Freakonomics Radio appear to be. So Justin batted his blue eyes at you and you went weak in the knees? LMAO. Let me explain just a few of Trudeau's immense blunders: Trudeau ran immigration at 1.1% of total population for years when other nations felt 0.3% of population per year was possible excessive. As a result Canada is 4.5million family residences in arrears, in a country with about 14.5million residences. Now Trudeau claims he will instantly ramp from the national average of 200k homes built per year to 650k homes built per year. Multiply the number of construction workers in Canada by 3.2 and you get pretty much the entire male workforce. Is Trudeau going to pull a Pol Pot and empty the offices and hand out hammers? How gormless. Trudeau has refused to sell LNG to nations that want to get off coal. This has included Germany and Japan. Trudeau has refused to sell LNG to either nation. Trudeau has refused to sell LNG to Greece with is acting as a gateway for LNG sales to coal burning countries in the EU. Don't you sad folks at Freakonomics know that coal emits 50% more CO2 per kilwatt-hour of energy produced that LNG? How gormless. Charmed by Trudeau, the guy who tried to obtain a science degree twice and and who dropped out twice....LMAO
Its important for your listeners to realize that he is a a drama teacher and an actor..by profession...not a leader, not a great academic, lawyer etc. today.. Canadians poverty levels r the highest they have ever been .. bravo what a performance
An interview revealing the outcome when grandiose magical thinking, narcissism and Marxist ideology run a G7 country. You just let him run off his WEF approved talking points.
Please invite the Canadian Leader of the Opposition Pierre Polievre to get to see both sides regarding what Canada is dealing with. Canadians know to only trust Statistics Canada for an understanding of what is actually happening in our country.
I often will pick lower rated restaurants to have a unique experience, to meet interesting people, and to stay away from the status crowds.
Maximizers waste a lot of time. They ruin a lot of fun. And it cuts into being creative and curious. I don’t trust other people’s opinions and I prefer my own tastes. Further I don’t care what other people do or think. I mean no offense to Angela, but her book was so stressful and sad to me. I’m definitely a Satisficer. There is beauty in the ordinary, adequate plain, simple things. Being satisfied with life creates wonderful free time for enjoyment and peace.