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Existing drugs can sometimes be repurposed to treat rare diseases. But making that match can be hard — and the financial incentives are weak. Guest host Steve Levitt tries to solve the puzzle. SOURCES: Chris Snyder, professor of economics at Dartmouth College. David Fajgenbaum, c ...  Show more

When Richard Thaler first published Nudge, the world was just starting to believe in his brand of behavioral economics. In this 2021 episode, we ask: How has nudge theory held up in the face of a global financial meltdown, a pandemic, and other existential crises? SOURCES:Richard ...  Show more

Steve Levitt has spent decades as an academic economist, “studying strange phenomena and human behavior in weird circumstances.” Now he’s turning his curiosity to something new: interviewing some of the most interesting, unorthodox people around — from actresses to athletes, a ...

Frank Schätzing ist Bestsellerautor mit Hang zu Katastrophenszenarien und bekannt für Thriller-Romane. Sein neuestes Buch ist allerdings ein Sachbuch und es handelt von einer ganz realen Katastrophe: dem Klimawandel. Wissenschaftlich fundiert und eben spannend wie ein Thriller en ...  Show more

He’s a Harvard physician and economist who just started a third job: host of the new podcast Freakonomics, M.D. He’s also Steve’s former student. The two discuss why medicine should embrace econ-style research, the ethics of human-challenge trials, and Bapu’s role in ...

Interview dʹOlivier Lascar, rédacteur en chef du pôle digital des magazines "Sciences et Avenir" et "La Recherche". Ingénieur, journaliste scientifique, il a publié en juin un livre intitulé "Enquête sur Elon Musk, lʹhomme qui défie la science" (éditions Alisio) et sous-titré "El ...  Show more