Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.
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Freakonomics Radio investigates why hamburger and beef prices have surged in America, assembling a panel of experts with sharply divergent views on the cause. The episode features Austin Frerick, an agriculture antitrust expert and author of "Barons," who argues the beef industry is "broken" due to market…
Worth it if you're curious about why grocery prices have climbed, interested in antitrust economics, or want to understand whether market concentration or efficiency explains beef-industry dynamics.
This is part two of a Freakonomics Radio series examining prediction markets, specifically focusing on the regulatory and philosophical battle around Kalshi, a prediction market platform. The core question—'When Is a Bet Not a Bet?'—frames the tension between how prediction markets are legally classified and how they…
Worth it if you're interested in financial regulation, prediction markets, or the philosophical questions about how markets reveal truth.
Freakonomics Radio investigates prediction markets—platforms where people bet money on real-world outcomes like elections, inflation, and FDA approvals—and whether they're genuinely superior forecasting tools or just glorified gambling. Host Stephen Dubner explores this question through conversations with Robin Hanson…
Worth it if you're curious about whether prediction markets can move beyond sports gambling to reshape policy forecasting, or interested in how markets aggregate information.
