The psychologist Daniel Kahneman — a Nobel laureate and the author of “Thinking, Fast and Slow” — recently died at age 90. Along with his collaborator Amos Tversky, he changed how we all think about decision-making. The journalist Michael Lewis told the Kahneman-Tversky story in a 2016 book called "The Undoing Project." In this episode, Lewis explains why th ... Show More
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653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future?
<p>Thoroughbred auction prices keep setting records. But tracks are closing, gambling revenues are falling, and the sport is increasingly reliant on subsidies. Is that the kind of long shot anybody wants? (Part three of a series, “<a href="https://freakonomics.com/the-horse-is-us ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2024
124. Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power
<p>Economist Daron Acemoglu likes to tackle big questions. He tells Steve how colonialism still affects us today, who benefits from new technology, and why democracy wasn’t always a sure thing.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCE:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://economics.mit.edu/ ... Show More
44m 32s
Feb 2024
183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It Matter?
<p>Does anyone have any real agency? What do McDonald’s and Oxford University have in common? And why did Angela give up on philosophy?</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.samharris.org/">Sam Harris</a>, neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and ... Show More
41m 9s