How can we at Freakonomics help you during the holidays? Here’s a few ideas: 1. We can provide inspiration for gifts for the “homo economicus” in your life. 2. When you’re making your yea...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/12/happy-everything-freakonomics/
A while back, we tried out a new idea on a special edition of Freakonomics Radio — a game show we called Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. You might remember it. It was so much fun that we deci...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/11/announcing-debut-tell-something-dont-know/
When STEPHEN DUBNER’s new podcast Question of the Day launched in August , it immediately shot to No. 1 on the iTunes chart. Last month it was selected as one of iTunes "Best of 2015." (You c...
https://freakonomics.com/2016/01/win-free-tickets-to-see-dubner-on-stage-in-brooklyn-on-january-14/
One of the best things about being a journalist is getting to ask questions. STEPHEN DUBNER has been doing this for years, accumulating fascinating bits of knowledge, hidden insights, and wild st...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/11/introducing-question-of-the-day-a-new-dubner-podcast/
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. When Freakonomics was first published, its authors, Ste...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/04/read-an-early-excerpt-from-when-to-rob-a-bank/
From a podcast listener named Jessica Graham in Sydney, Australia: My name is Jess and for most of my adult life I have been afflicted by various forms of sleeplessness. Would I call it insomnia?...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/02/new-miracle-sleep-aid-discovered/
We're working on an episode about behavior change -- essentially, how to get yourself to do the things you should be doing but often don't. It revolves around the fascinating research of KATY MI...
https://freakonomics.com/2015/02/lend-your-voice-to-freakonomics-radio/
Bloomberg reports that Italy will now begin including its shadow economy in the country's GDP, in an effort to reduce the national deficit: > Italy will include prostitution and illega...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/06/italy-to-include-prostitution-and-illegal-drugs-in-gdp/
Last week, we offered some Think Like a Freak swag to the reader who came up with the best answer to the question "What Are the Three Hardest Words to Say?" Your answers were so good (and plent...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/05/and-the-think-like-a-freak-swag-goes-to/
It can be found here under "Editorial Reviews." In case you don't feel like clicking through: > In one of the many wonderful moments in Think Like a Freak, STEVEN > LEVITT and ...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/malcolm-gladwell-reviews-think-like-a-freak-on-amazon/
Our latest podcast compared the costs of marijuana use to the costs of alcohol use. A new study in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience argues that casual use of marijuana affect...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/does-marijuana-change-young-brains/
We have blogged and written extensively about the gender pay gap, much of which is not attributable to discrimination, as is commonly invoked. President Obama has taken up the cause; he recentl...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/the-gender-wage-gap-by-state/
BBC News reports the story of ARUNACHALAM MURUGANANTHAM, a school dropout in rural India who invented a technology that could vastly improve reproductive health for women. The user-friendly tec...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/a-simple-invention-to-help-womens-health/
A new working paper (abstract ; PDF ) by ELI BERMAN, MICHAEL CALLEN, CLARK GIBSON, and JAMES D. LONG looks at the effects of election interventions in fragile states, specifically Afghanistan. ...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/do-election-interventions-work/
Racked interviews entrepreneur and professional line-sitter ROBERT SAMUEL. Samuels started his line-sitting venture, Same Old Line Dudes (SOLD Inc.), as the iPhone 5 was launched: > I wa...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/confessions-of-a-paid-line-sitter/
A new paper by graduate students DAVID BROOCKMAN and JOSH KALLA tackles an eternal, oft-debated question: does money buy influence? Here's the abstract: > Concern that lawmakers gra...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/some-evidence-on-whether-money-buys-political-influence/
The Economist analyzes the microeconomics of Uber's controversial "surge" pricing model , in which users are charged significantly higher prices during high-demand times: > There is some e...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/is-uber-making-the-taxi-market-more-efficient/
A new working paper (abstract ; ungated PDF not available) by RICHARD WRIGHT , ERDAL TEKIN , VOLKAN TOPALLI , CHANDLER MCCLELLAN , TIMOTHY DICKINSON , and RICHARD ROSENFELD analyzes the effects...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/04/does-the-absence-of-cash-help-cut-crime/
Last week, we solicited your questions for DALTON CONLEY, NYU sociologist, father, and author of Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/03/dalton-conley-answers-your-parentology-questions/
Last year, we talked to NYU sociologist DALTON CONLEY and his two children, E and YO, on our podcast "How Much Does Your Name Matter? " Their names -- E HARPER NORA JEREMIJENKO-CONLEY and...
https://freakonomics.com/2014/03/what-is-parentology-bring-your-questions-for-dalton-conley/