Best of Freakonomics

Our favorite Freakonomics Radio clips on the unknown side of things, from the future of the stock market and Roe vs Wade, to how price modeling may affect social behavior and more.

Our favorite Freakonomics Radio clips on the unknown side of things, from the future of... more

Curated byJorge Patino, Hark Editor

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Does Chuck E. Cheese’s Pricing Model Incite Violence?

Chuck E. Cheese has become known for its infamous YouTube brawls. Freakonomics senior producer Christopher Werth and economist Steve Levitt set out to find out how much the company’s pricing model has to do with the incited violence.

Does Chuck E. Cheese’s Pricing Model Incite Violence?

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Index Funds: Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare

Bloomberg View columnist, Barry Ritholtz, on how the stock market and the financial service industry will be affected by the predicted passive investment revolution brought about by low-cost index funds.

Index Funds: Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare

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Did Roe vs. Wade Contribute to Lower Crime Rates in the US?

Today, cities across the US have drastically lower crime rates compared to years past. Stanford University professor John Donohue and economist Steve Levitt explain how it may be linked to the legalization of abortion.

Did Roe vs. Wade Contribute to Lower Crime Rates in the US?

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CBD: New Therapy for Opioid Addiction

In the US alone, more than half a million people have died due to opioids in the last 20 years. Mount Sinai Addiction Institute director, Yasmin Hurd, explains how CBD can be used to treat opioid addiction.

Freakonomics Radio

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Taliban Protection Money

Families of US troops killed in Afghanistan are suing American construction companies. CINTOC executive director Gretchen Peters, a research consultant to the class-action suit, explains why.

Freakonomics Radio

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Construction Workers Build the Same Amount as 50 Years Ago

A shocking stat: workers today build the same square footage of housing as they did in the mid-1970s. Zero productivity gains in half a century.

Construction Workers Build the Same Amount as 50 Years Ago

Freakonomics Radio

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6 CLIPS31 MINS

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Best of Freakonomics

Does Chuck E. Cheese’s Pricing Model Incite Violence?

Freakonomics Radio

Index Funds: Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare

Freakonomics Radio

Did Roe vs. Wade Contribute to Lower Crime Rates in the US?

Freakonomics Radio

CBD: New Therapy for Opioid Addiction

Freakonomics Radio

Taliban Protection Money

Freakonomics Radio

Construction Workers Build the Same Amount as 50 Years Ago

Freakonomics Radio

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