Fresh Air

Reckoning with America’s history of slavery

symbols aren't just symbols. They are reflective of stories that we tell. And those stories embed themselves into the narratives that a society carries. And those narratives shape public policy. And public policy obviously shapes the material conditions of people's lives.

The Prof G Pod

The College Affordability Crisis: Is a Degree Still Worth It? | Office Hours

If we had a drug that reduced suicide rates by 60%, increased your likelihood of getting married by 80%, massively increased the likelihood that you decided to run for public office, doubled your income. If we had that pill, would we hoard that pill? Would we let the cost of that drug quadruple? Well, we have that pill. It's called higher education.

The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

Can GLP-1s Save America's Healthcare System?

Changing the costs of Medicare and Medicaid um can't happen without changing the obesity rates. I I think that's roughly right because of the downstream chronic diseases which are now 80% of all healthcare costs. And the data we use is that about a third of all health care is obesity related. So $1.4 trillion dollars a year.

Origins Podcast

Origins Podcast: Moral Economics with Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth: From Prostitution to Kidney Markets

Reason and empirical evidence should be applied to public policy and could make the world a better place if only we allowed it to. But what generally gets in the way is something called repugnance

Freakonomics Radio

Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update)

Nearly everything that politicians say about taxes is at least half a lie. They are also dishonest when it comes to the national debt.

Pivot

Kara Swisher Explains Why Airport Chaos is "Trump's Chaos"| Pivot

Probably the most obvious investment in the middle class is investments in infrastructure. Because when people can get to work, when people have more opportunities, when people can spend more time with their families, when people have an absence of stress, when they can take their kids to Disneyland, you know, that's that's accretive to the prosperity of their life.