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261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?
Episode 261
It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion -- and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwh…
9 years, 5 months ago
260. Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship?
Episode 260
Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But as one legal scholar argues, presidents have been running roughshod…
9 years, 5 months ago
259. Ten Signs You Might Be a Libertarian
Episode 259
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate, likes to say that most Americans are libertarians but don't know it yet. So why can't L…
9 years, 6 months ago
258. Why Uber Is an Economist’s Dream
Episode 258
To you, it's just a ride-sharing app that gets you where you're going. But to an economist, Uber is a massive repository of moment-by-moment data tha…
9 years, 6 months ago
257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think
Episode 257
Internet pioneer Kevin Kelly tries to predict the future by identifying what's truly inevitable. How worried should we be? Yes, robots will probably …
9 years, 6 months ago
Are You Ready for a Glorious Sunset? (Rebroadcast)
The gist: we spend billions on end-of-life healthcare that doesn’t do much good. So what if a patient could forego the standard treatment and get a c…
9 years, 6 months ago
Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast)
The comedian, actor -- and now, author -- answers our FREAK-quently Asked Questions.
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9 years, 6 months ago
256. What Are You Waiting For?
Episode 256
Standing in line represents a particularly sloppy - and frustrating - way for supply and demand to meet. Why haven't we found a better way to get wha…
9 years, 7 months ago
Is It Okay for Restaurants to Racially Profile Their Employees? (Rebroadcast)
We seem to have decided that ethnic food tastes better when it's served by people of that ethnicity (or at least something close). Does this make sen…
9 years, 7 months ago
255. Ten Ideas to Make Politics Less Rotten
Episode 255
We Americans may love our democracy -- at least in theory -- but at the moment our feelings toward the federal government lie somewhere between disda…
9 years, 7 months ago