1853 - We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
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1853 - We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
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Publicat26 iun. 2026
Durată26:52
Episoade
1853-
We almost had a smartphone in the 90s. Why did it fail?
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The real horror of ‘Alien’ and how it explains why we’re not paid enough
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Can computer hackers get inside your mind?
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1849-
It’s my tree. Why can’t I cut it down?
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12 iun. 2026
1848-
Two indicators for lowering the rent
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1847-
Why is there a supplement craze if they don’t even work?
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05 iun. 2026
1846-
There's no business like dough business
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03 iun. 2026
1845-
The sneaky way companies get new chemicals into our food
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29 mai 2026
1844-
The leaked tapes that show how the rich avoid taxes
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27 mai 2026
1843-
The giant factory town that might be a giant mistake
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22 mai 2026
1842-
Vacation and why Americans take so little
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20 mai 2026
1841-
Jerome Powell and the Future of Fed Independence
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15 mai 2026
1840-
The secret meeting that launched OPEC
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13 mai 2026
1839-
Diary of a WNBA negotiator
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09 mai 2026
1838-
How we got free agents in baseball
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06 mai 2026
1837-
How to make a BOOK into a bestseller
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02 mai 2026
1836-
Spirit Airlines and the future of cheap flights
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29 apr. 2026
1835-
Battlefield rare earths: How the U.S. lost to China
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24 apr. 2026
1834-
Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
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22 apr. 2026
1833-
Do prediction market bettors make anything better?
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18 apr. 2026
1832-
How to get through the Strait of Hormuz
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14 apr. 2026
1831-
BOOKstore Economics
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10 apr. 2026
1830-
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
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08 apr. 2026
1829-
The simple math of the big bill
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04 iul. 2025
1828-
The potato-shaped loophole in free trade
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03 ian. 2025
1827-
Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation
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04 apr. 2026
1826-
Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment
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02 apr. 2026
1825-
Summer School 5: The many ways governments influence industry
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06 aug. 2025
1824-
Summer School 4: Who are all these regulations protecting?
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30 iul. 2025
1823-
Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on
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23 iul. 2025
1822-
Summer School 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy
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16 iul. 2025
1821-
Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer
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09 iul. 2025
1820-
The U.S.-China trade war, according to game theory
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30 mai 2025
1819-
How the War on Drugs got us... blueberries
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04 apr. 2025
1818-
Tariffs: What are they good for?
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02 apr. 2025
1817-
PM x Radiolab: Can the economy grow forever?
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28 mar. 2025
1816-
Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (update)
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11 dec. 2024
1815-
What markets bet President Trump will do
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09 nov. 2024
1814-
The veteran loan calamity
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01 nov. 2024
1813-
How much of your tax dollars are going to Israel and Ukraine
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29 mar. 2024
1812-
Why do doctors still use pagers?
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08 dec. 2023
1811-
Cutting school... by 20%
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26 oct. 2023
1810-
How unions are stopped before they start
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20 oct. 2023
1809-
The flight attendants of CHAOS
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04 oct. 2023
1808-
The natural disaster economist
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27 sep. 2023
1807-
A black market, a currency crisis, and a tango competition in Argentina