Great. Then depressed. Then great again. Stephen Dubner gets the full story from David Lang; we also hear from some fans, and the New York Philharmonic’s president. The math and the aftermath of wealth of nations. (Part two of <a href="https://freakonomics.com/david-langs-the-wealth-of-nations/" rel="noopener noreferrer">a series</a>.)
 
<ul>
 <li>SOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li><a href="https://davidlangmusic.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Lang</a>, composer and professor at the Yale School of Music.</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.nyphil.org/about-us/artists/matias-tarnopolsky/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matías Tarnopolsky</a>, president and C.E.O. of the New York Philharmonic.</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>RESOURCES:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-20/gustavo-dudamel-s-the-wealth-of-nations-melds-opera-and-economics" rel="noopener noreferrer">Finally, an Opera About Economics</a>," by Stacey Vanek Smith (Bloomberg, 2026).</li>
 <li><a href="https://davidlangmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-little-match-girl-passion" rel="noopener noreferrer">"The Little Match Girl Passion</a>," by David Lang (2023).</li>
 <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207956/page/n3/mode/2up" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wealth of Nations</a>, by Adam Smith (1776).</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>EXTRAS:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/david-langs-the-wealth-of-nations/" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Lang’s the wealth of nations</a>," series by Freakonomics Radio (2026).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/in-search-of-the-real-adam-smith/" rel="noopener noreferrer">In Search of the Real Adam Smith</a>," series by Freakonomics Radio (2022).</li>
 </ul></li>
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