Freakonomics Radio

We know that summertime brings far too many fatal accidents. But you may be surprised if you dig into the numbers.

What's a college degree really worth these days?

Do host cities really get the benefits their boosters promise, or are they just engaging in some fiscal gymnastics?

What happens to your reputation when you're no longer around to defend it?

If we want our kids to thrive in school, maybe we should just pay them.

Levitt and Dubner answer your FREAK-quently Asked Questions about junk food, insurance, and how to make an economist happy.

Once a week, the British Prime Minister goes before the House of Commons for a lightning round of hard questions. Should the U.S. give it a try?

How using peer pressure -- and good, old-fashioned shame -- can push people to do the right thing.

Paying workers as little as possible seems smart -- unless you can make more money by paying them more.

To feed 7 billion people while protecting the environment, it would seem that going local is a no-brainer -- until you start looking at the numbers.

The NBA’s superstars are suddenly sporting Urkel glasses -- but is it more than a fashion statement?

How American food so got bad -- and why it's getting so much better.

Sure, we all dream of leaving the office forever. But what if it's bad for your health?

In a world where nearly everything is for sale, is it always okay to buy what isn’t yours?

At a time when people worry about every mile their food must travel, why is it okay to import most of our cut flowers from thousands of miles away?

What do you do when smart people keep making stupid mistakes? And: are we a nation of financial illiterates?

A new study says that yes, it is -- but try telling that to the United Nations officials who are preaching sustainability practices.

Does the future of food lie in its past – or inside a tank of liquid nitrogen? Also: how anti-social can you be on a social network?

If any other product failed 94 percent of the time, you’d probably stop using it. So why do we put up with burglar alarms?

How much does the President of the United States really matter? And: where did all the hitchhikers go? A pair of "attribution errors."