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#791

607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcohol. Considering alcohol’s harms, maybe that’s a good thing. But some people worry that the legalization of cannabis has outpaced the research. (Part one of a [four-part series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/is-america-switching-from-booze-to-weed/) .) ---SOURCES: ------ [Jon Caulkins] (https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-research/profiles/caulkins-jonathanp) , professor of operations research and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. ------ [Yasmin Hurd] (https://profiles.mountsinai.org/yasmin-hurd) , director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai. ------ [Michael Siegel] (https://medicine.tufts.edu/people/faculty/michael-siegel) , professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University. ------ [Tom Standage] (https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/) , deputy editor of The Economist. ------ [Ryan Stoa] (https://ryanstoa.com/) , associate professor of law at Louisiana State University. ---RESOURCES: ------" [Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans’ Daily Drug of Choice] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/well/mind/marijuana-cannabis-alcohol-study.html) ," by Christina Caron (The New York Times, 2024). ------" [Deaths from Excessive Alcohol Use — United States, 2016–2021] (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7308a1.htm) ," by Marissa B. Esser, Adam Sherk, Yong Liu, and Timothy S. Naimi (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2024). ------" [Nixon Started the War on Drugs. Privately, He Said Pot Was ‘Not Particularly Dangerous] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/us/nixon-marijuana-tapes.html) ,'" by Ernesto Londoño (The New York Times, 2024). ------" [A Brief Global History of the War on Cannabis] (https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-global-history-of-the-war-on-cannabis/) ," by Ryan Stoa (The MIT Press Reader, 2020). ------ [Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry] (https://amzn.to/4eXIPZU) , by Ryan Stoa (2018). ------" [How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat] (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html) ," by Anahad O’Connor (The New York Times, 2016). ------" [The Perils of Ignoring History: Big Tobacco Played Dirty and Millions Died. How Similar Is Big Food?] (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2879177/) " by Kelly D. Brownell and Kenneth E. Warner (The Milbank Quarterly, 2009). ------ [A History Of The World In Six Glasses] (https://amzn.to/3NqgY93) , by Tom Standage (2005). ------" [Cancer and Coronary Artery Disease Among Seventh-Day Adventists] (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13846288/) ," by E. L. Wynder, F. R. Lemon, and I. J. Bross (Cancer, 1959). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Why Is the Opioid Epidemic Still Raging?] (https://freakonomics.com/why-is-the-opioid-epidemic-still-raging/) " series by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------" [Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/daron-acemoglu-on-economics-politics-and-power/) ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). ------" [Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/lets-be-blunt-marijuana-is-a-boon-for-older-workers-ep-459/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2021). ------" [What’s More Dangerous: Marijuana or Alcohol?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/whats-more-dangerous-marijuana-or-alcohol/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2014). ... Read more

17 Oct 2024

46 MINS

46:08

17 Oct 2024

#790

606. How to Predict the Presidency

Are betting markets more accurate than polls? What kind of chaos would a second Trump term bring? And is U.S. democracy really in danger, or just “sputtering on”? (Part two of a [ two-part series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/has-the-u-s-presidency-become-a-dictatorship/) .) ---SOURCES: ------ [Eric Posner] (https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/posner-e) , professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School. ------ [Koleman Strumpf] (https://economics.wfu.edu/faculty-and-staff/koleman-strumpf/) , professor of economics at Wake Forest University. ---RESOURCES: ------" [A Trump Dictatorship Won’t Happen] (https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-might-try-to-be-dictator-but-would-fail-again-by-eric-posner-2023-12) ," by Eric Posner (Project Syndicate, 2023). ------ [The Demagogue's Playbook: The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump] (https://amzn.to/3BFIEE8) , by Eric Posner (2020). ------" [The Long History of Political Betting Markets: An International Perspective] (https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/36333/chapter-abstract/318726499?redirectedFrom=fulltext) ," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf (The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Gambling, 2013). ------" [Manipulating Political Stock Markets: A Field Experiment and a Century of Observational Data] (https://s3.amazonaws.com/fieldexperiments-papers2/papers/00325.pdf) ," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf (Working Paper, 2007). ------" [Historical Presidential Betting Markets] (https://www.uvm.edu/~awoolf/classes/fall2004/election/Historical_Presidential_Betting_Markets.pdf) ," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/has-the-u-s-presidency-become-a-dictatorship-update/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------“ [Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-the-president-matter-as-much-as-you-think-ep-404/) ” by Freakonomics Radio (2020). ------" [How Much Does the President Really Matter?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-the-president-really-matter/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2010). ... Read more

11 Oct 2024

55 MINS

55:38

11 Oct 2024

#789

Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

Sure, we all pay lip service to the Madisonian system of checks and balances. But presidents have been steadily expanding the reach of the job. With an election around the corner, we updated our 2016 conversation with the legal scholar Eric Posner — who has some good news and some not-so-good news about the power of the presidency. (Part one of a [two-part series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/has-the-u-s-presidency-become-a-dictatorship/) .) ---SOURCE: ------ [Eric Posner] (https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/posner-e) , professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School. ---RESOURCES: ------" [Presidential Leadership and the Separation of Powers] (https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12417&context=journal_articles) ," by Eric Posner (Daedalus, 2016). ------ [The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic] (https://amzn.to/3YeXeLM) , by Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule (2010). ---EXTRA: ------" [Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-the-president-matter-as-much-as-you-think-ep-404/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2020). ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

46 MINS

46:59

10 Oct 2024

#788

605. What Do People Do All Day?

Sixty percent of the jobs that Americans do today didn’t exist in 1940. What happens as our labor becomes more technical and less physical? And what kinds of jobs will exist in the future? ---SOURCES: ------ [David Autor] (https://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/david-h-autor) , professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------ [Paula Barmaimon] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulabarmaimon/?originalSubdomain=uk) , manager of coverage and audience analytics at The New York Times. ------ [Ellen Griesedieck] (https://www.americanmuralproject.org/the-artist) , artist and president of the American Mural Project. ------ [Adina Lichtman] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adina-lichtman-57170361/) , co-host of the Our Friends Are Smart party. ------ [Avi Popack] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/avipopack/) , co-host of the Our Friends Are Smart party. ------ [Huck Scarry] (https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/meet-busytowns-favorite-son-huck-scarry) , author and illustrator. ------ [James Suzman] (https://www.fromthebush.com/) , anthropologist and author. ------ [Ben Varon] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-varon-00aa6a34/) , rabbi and chaplain at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn . ---RESOURCES: ------" [New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018] (https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/139/3/1399/7630187?login=false) ," by David Autor, Caroline Chin, Anna Salomons, and Bryan Seegmiller (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024). ------ [Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots] (https://amzn.to/3ZPD6RG) , by James Suzman (2020). ------ [Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do] (https://amzn.to/3ZIhXbX) , by Studs Terkel (1974). ------ [What Do People Do All Day?] (https://amzn.to/47MuEEJ) , by Richard Scarry (1968). ------" [Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren] (http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf) ," by John Maynard Keynes (1930). ------ [American Mural Project] (https://www.americanmuralproject.org/) . ---EXTRAS: ------" [Will the Democrats 'Make America Great Again'?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/will-the-democrats-make-america-great-again/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ------" [How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-robot-apocalypse-ep-461/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2021). ------" [Did China Eat America’s Jobs?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/did-china-eat-americas-jobs/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2017). ------ [People I (Mostly) Admire] (https://freakonomics.com/series/people-i-mostly-admire/) . ... Read more

03 Oct 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:48

03 Oct 2024

#787

EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

His research on police brutality and school incentives won him acclaim, but also enemies. He was suspended for two years by Harvard, during which time he took a hard look at corporate diversity programs. As a follow-up to our recent [series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-rooney-rule/) on the Rooney Rule, we revisit our 2022 conversation with the controversial economist. ---SOURCE: ------ [Roland Fryer] (https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/home) , professor of economics at Harvard University. ---RESOURCES: ------" [How to Make Up the Covid Learning Loss] (https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-up-the-covid-learning-loss-pay-homework-zoom-deficit-reading-math-11653923529) ," by Roland Fryer (Wall Street Journal, 2022). ------" [Roland Fryer on Better Alternatives to Defunding the Police] (https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2020/07/10/roland-fryer-on-better-alternatives-to-defunding-the-police) ," by Roland Fryer (The Economist, 2020). ------" [Harvard Suspends Roland Fryer, Star Economist, After Sexual Harassment Claims] (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/business/economy/roland-fryer-harvard.html) ," by Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley (The New York Times, 2019). ------" [Why Diversity Programs Fail: And What Works Better] (https://stratserv.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Why-Diversity-Programs-Fail.pdf) ," by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev (Harvard Business Review, 2016). ------" [An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force] (https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399) ," by Roland G. Fryer, Jr (NBER Working Paper, 2016). ------" [Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City] (https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.5.4.28) ," by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer (American Economics Journal, 2013). ------" [Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence From Randomized Trials] (https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/financial_incentives_and_student_achievement_evidence_from_randomized_trials.pdf) ," by Roland G. Fryer (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011). ------" [Toward a Unified Theory of Black America] (https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/magazine/toward-a-unified-theory-of-black-america.html) ," by Stephen J. Dubner (The New York Times, 2005). ------ [Equal Opportunity Ventures] (https://www.eoventures.com/) . ------ [Intus Care] (https://www.intuscare.com/) . ------ [Reconstruction] (https://reconstruction.us/home) . ------ [Sigma Squared] (https://www.sigma2.io/) . ---EXTRAS: ------" [Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-rooney-rule/) " series by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------" [The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-true-story-of-the-gender-pay-gap/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2016). ------" [Does “Early Education” Come Way Too Late?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-early-education-come-way-too-late/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2015). ... Read more

30 Sep 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:29

30 Sep 2024

#786

604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

What happened when the Rooney Rule made its way from pro football to corporate America? Some progress, some backsliding, and a lot of controversy. (Second in a two-part [series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-rooney-rule/) .) ---SOURCES: ------ [Tynesia Boyea-Robinson] (https://capeqimpact.com/team) , president and C.E.O. of CapEQ. ------ [N. Jeremi Duru] (https://www.american.edu/wcl/faculty/jduru.cfm) , professor of law at American University. ------ [Herm Edwards] (https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/herm-edwards/) , former N.F.L. player and head coach. ------ [Christopher Rider] (https://michiganross.umich.edu/faculty-research/faculty/christopher-rider) , professor of entrepreneurial studies at the University of Michigan. ------ [Jim Rooney] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimrooney21/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F) , author and co-partner of Rooney Consulting. ------ [Scott Shephard] (https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/staff/scott-shepard/) , general counsel at the National Center for Public Policy Research. ---RESOURCES: ------ [The Social Impact Advantage: Win Customers and Talent By Harnessing Your Business For Good] (https://amzn.to/4eeac1Z) , by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (2022). ------ [A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney’s Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714068/a-different-way-to-win-by-jim-rooney-foreword-by-joe-greene/?ref=PRH0A5E8B2BA974&aid=15871&linkid=PRH0A5E8B2BA974) , by Jim Rooney (2019). ------" [If There’s Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired] (https://hbr.org/2016/04/if-theres-only-one-woman-in-your-candidate-pool-theres-statistically-no-chance-shell-be-hired) ," by Stefanie K. Johnson, David R. Hekman and Elsa T. Chan (Harvard Business Review, 2016). ------" [Racial Disparity in Leadership: Performance-Reward Bias in Promotions of National Football League Coaches] (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314583797_Racial_Disparity_in_Leadership_Performance-Reward_Bias_in_Promotions_of_National_Football_League_Coaches#full-text) ," by Christopher I. Rider, James Wade, Anand Swaminathan, and Andreas Schwab (SSRN, 2016). ------ [Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL] (https://amzn.to/47NyAVP) , by N. Jeremi Duru (2010). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/did-the-nfl-solve-diversity-hiring-part-1/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------“ [When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/when-is-a-superstar-just-another-employee/) ” by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ------“ [How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-discrimination-hurt-the-economy-replay/) ,” by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ... Read more

26 Sep 2024

47 MINS

47:19

26 Sep 2024

#785

603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

The biggest sports league in history had a problem: While most of its players were Black, almost none of its head coaches were. So the N.F.L. launched a hiring policy called the Rooney Rule. In the first episode of a [two-part series] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-rooney-rule/) , we look at how the rule succeeded — until it failed. ---SOURCES: ------ [N. Jeremi Duru] (https://www.american.edu/wcl/faculty/jduru.cfm) , professor of law at American University. ------ [Herm Edwards] (https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/herm-edwards/) , former N.F.L. player and head coach. ------ [Jim Rooney] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimrooney21/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F) , author and co-partner of Rooney Consulting. ---RESOURCES: ------ [A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule] (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714068/a-different-way-to-win-by-jim-rooney-foreword-by-joe-greene/?ref=PRH0A5E8B2BA974&aid=15871&linkid=PRH0A5E8B2BA974) , by Jim Rooney (2019). ------" [For ASU's Herm Edwards, Sports Bubble Helped to Overcome Racism Growing Up] (https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ncaaf/asu/2018/07/12/herm-edwards-sports-bubble-shielded-arizona-state-football-coach/707255002/) ," by Jeff Metcalfe (The Arizona Republic, 2018). ------ [Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL] (https://amzn.to/47NyAVP) , by N. Jeremi Duru (2010). ------" [Differences in the Success of NFL Coaches by Race, 1990-2002: Evidence of Last Hire, First Fire] (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277385564_Differences_in_the_Success_of_NFL_Coaches_by_Race_1990-2002_Evidence_of_Last_Hire_First_Fire) ," by Janice Madden (Journal of Sports Economics, 2004). ---EXTRAS: ------" [When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/when-is-a-superstar-just-another-employee/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ------" [How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-discrimination-hurt-the-economy-replay/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ... Read more

19 Sep 2024

47 MINS

47:51

19 Sep 2024

#784

EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of? ---SOURCES: ------ [Martin Casado] (http://a16z.com/2016/02/24/martin-casado/) , general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. ------ [Ruth Schwartz Cowan] (https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/people/ruth-schwartz-cowan) , professor emerita of history and sociology of science at University of Pennsylvania. ------ [Edward Glaeser] (http://scholar.harvard.edu/glaeser/home) , professor of economics at Harvard University. ------ [Chris Lacinak] (https://www.weareavp.com/team/chris-lacinak/) , founder and president of AVPreserve. ------ [Andrew Russell] (http://arussell.org/) , provost of SUNY Polytechnic Institute. ------ [Lawrence Summers] (http://larrysummers.com/) , professor and president emeritus of Harvard University; former Secretary of the Treasury and former director of the National Economic Council. ------ [Lee Vinsel] (http://leevinsel.com/about/) , professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech. ---RESOURCES: ------“ [Hail the Maintainers] (https://aeon.co/essays/innovation-is-overvalued-maintenance-often-matters-more) ," by Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel (Aeon, 2016). ------“ [A Lesson on Infrastructure From the Anderson Bridge Fiasco] (https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/25/lesson-infrastructure-from-anderson-bridge-fiasco/uKS6xQZxFBF0fZd2EuT06K/story.html) ,” by Lawrence Summers and Rachel Lipson (The Boston Globe, 2016). ------ [Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier] (https://amzn.to/47nVSBj) , by Edward Glaeser (2008). ------ [More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave] (https://amzn.to/3Tu0e4d) , by Ruth Schwartz Cowan (1983). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Freakonomics Radio Takes to the Skies] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/freakonomics-radio-takes-to-the-skies/) ," series by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ------" [Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/edward-glaeser-explains-why-some-cities-thrive-while-others-fade-away/) ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021). ------" [Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-larry-summers-is-the-economist-everyone-hates-to-love/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2017). ... Read more

16 Sep 2024

42 MINS

42:37

16 Sep 2024

#783

602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the global rise of the smartphone. Some researchers are convinced that one is causing the other. But how strong is the evidence? ---SOURCES: ------ [David Blanchflower] (https://economics.dartmouth.edu/people/david-graham-blanchflower) , professor of economics at Dartmouth College. ------ [Lauren Oyler] (https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/profile-lauren-oyler-author-of-debut-novel-fake-accounts.html) , novelist and cultural critic. ------ [Andrew Przybylski] (https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/andrew-przybylski/) , professor of human behavior and technology at the University of Oxford. ---RESOURCES: ------" [The Declining Mental Health Of The Young And The Global Disappearance Of The Hump Shape In Age In Unhappiness] (https://www.nber.org/papers/w32337) ," by David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, and Xiaowei Xu (NBER Working Paper, 2024). ------" [Further Evidence on the Global Decline in the Mental Health of the Young] (https://www.nber.org/papers/w32500) ," by David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, Anthony Lepinteur, and Alan Piper (NBER Working Paper, 2024). ------ [No Judgment: Essays] (https://amzn.to/4d10XAM) , by Lauren Oyler (2024). ------" [To What Extent are Trends in Teen Mental Health Driven by Changes in Reporting?] (https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/09/01/jhr.0423-12854R1) " by Adriana Corredor-Waldron and Janet Currie (Journal of Human Resources, 2024). ------ [The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness] (https://amzn.to/3TsakCp) , by Jonathan Haidt (2024). ------" [Global Well-Being and Mental Health in the Internet Age] (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231207791) ," by Matti Vuorre and Andrew K. Przybylski (Clinical Psychological Science, 2023). ------" [Are Mental Health Awareness Efforts Contributing to the Rise in Reported Mental Health Problems? A Call to Test the Prevalence Inflation Hypothesis] (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732118X2300003X) ," by Lucy Foulkes and Jack L. Andrews (New Ideas in Psychology, 2023). ------" [The Association Between Adolescent Well-Being and Digital Technology Use] (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0506-1) ," by Amy Orben and Andrew K. Przybylski (Nature Human Behaviour, 2019). ------ [iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood — and What That Means for the Rest of Us] (https://amzn.to/3Xqq8H0) , by Jean M. Twenge (2017). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-you-caught-in-a-social-media-trap/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------" [Are We Getting Lonelier?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-we-getting-lonelier/) " by No Stupid Questions (2023). ------" [Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-facebook-bad-for-your-mental-health/) " by Freakonomics, M.D. (2022). ------" [Why Is U.S. Media So Negative? (Replay)] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-u-s-media-so-negative-replay/) ," by Freakonomics Radio (2022). ... Read more

12 Sep 2024

40 MINS

40:29

12 Sep 2024

#782

601. Multitasking Doesn’t Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?

Only a tiny number of “supertaskers” are capable of doing two things at once. The rest of us are just making ourselves miserable, and less productive. How can we put the — hang on a second, I've just got to get this. Come see Stephen Dubner live! “A Questionable Evening: A strategic interrogation from two people who ask questions for a living,” featuring Stephen Dubner and PJ Vogt from Search Engine. Thursday, Sept. 26th, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-questionable-evening-evening-with-stephen-dubner-and-pj-vogt-tickets-1002544747327 ---SOURCES: ------ [Olivia Grace] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviadgrace/) , senior product manager at Slack. ------ [Gloria Mark] (https://gloriamark.com/) , professor of computer science at the University of California, Irvine. ------ [David Strayer] (https://psych.utah.edu/people/faculty/strayer-david.php) , professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah. ---RESOURCES: ------" [Immersion in Nature Enhances Neural Indices of Executive Attention] (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52205-1) ," by Amy S. McDonnell and David L. Strayer (Nature: Scientific Reports, 2024). ------" [Contribution to the Study on the ‘Right to Disconnect’ From Work. Are France and Spain Examples for Other Countries and E.U. Law?] (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20319525221105102) " by Loïc Lerouge and Francisco Trujillo Pons (European Labour Law Journal, 2022). ------" [Task Errors by Emergency Physicians Are Associated With Interruptions, Multitasking, Fatigue and Working Memory Capacity: A Prospective, Direct Observation Study] (https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/27/8/655) ," by Johanna I. Westbrook, Magdalena Z. Raban, Scott R. Walter, and Heather Douglas (BMJ Quality & Safety, 2018). ------" [Supertaskers: Profiles in Extraordinary Multitasking Ability] (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/PBR.17.4.479) ," by Jason M. Watson and David L. Strayer (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2010). ------" [The Effects of Video Game Playing on Attention, Memory, and Executive Control] (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001691808001200?via%3Dihub) ," by Walter R. Boot, Arthur F. Kramer, Daniel J. Simons, Monica Fabiani, and Gabriele Gratton (Acta Psychologica, 2008). ------" ['Constant, Constant, Multi-Tasking Craziness': Managing Multiple Working Spheres] (https://ics.uci.edu/~gmark/CHI2004.pdf) ," by Victor M. González and Gloria Mark (Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI, 2004). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-the-u-s-so-good-at-killing-pedestrians/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2023). ------" [Why Did You Marry That Person?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-did-you-marry-that-person/) " by Freakonomics Radio (2022). ------" [How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-should-we-be-able-to-customize-our-world/) " by No Stupid Questions (2021). ... Read more

05 Sep 2024

58 MINS

58:04

05 Sep 2024

#781

What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)

Educators and economists tell us all the reasons college enrollment has been dropping, especially for men, and how to stop the bleeding. (Part 3 of our series from 2022, “ [Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School] (https://freakonomics.com/freakonomics-radio-goes-back-to-school/) .”) ---SOURCES: ------ [Zachary Bleemer] (https://zacharybleemer.com/) , assistant professor of economics at Princeton University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. ------ [D'Wayne Edwards] (https://pensolelewiscollege.com/founder/) , founder and President of Pensole Lewis College. ------ [Catharine Hill] (https://www.yale.edu/board-trustees/current-trustees/catharine-bond-hill) , former president of Vassar College; trustee at Yale University; and managing director at Ithaka S+R. ------ [Pano Kanelos] (https://www.uaustin.org/people/pano-kanelos) , founding president of the University of Austin. ------ [Amalia Miller] (https://amaliarmiller.faculty.virginia.edu/) , professor of economics at the University of Virginia. ------ [Donald Ruff] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-ruff-87941548/) , president and C.E.O. of the Eagle Academy Foundation. ------ [Morton Schapiro] (https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/schapiro_morton.aspx) , professor of economics and former president of Northwestern University. ------ [Ruth Simmons] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Simmons) , former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M University. ------ [Miguel Urquiola] (https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/msu2101/) , professor of economics at Columbia University. ---RESOURCES: ------" [What Gay Men’s Stunning Success Might Teach Us About the Academic Gender Gap] (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/gay-men-academic-success-gender-gap-lessons/) ," by Joel Mittleman (The Washington Post, 2022). ------" [We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We're Starting a New One] (https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/we-cant-wait-for-universities-to?s=r) ," by Pano Kanelos (Common Sense, 2021). ------" [Academic Freedom in Crisis: Punishment, Political Discrimination, and Self-Censorship] (https://cspicenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AcademicFreedom.pdf) ," by Eric Kaufmann (Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, 2021). ------“ [A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’] (https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233) ,” by Douglas Belkin (The Wall Street Journal, 2021). ------" [Community Colleges and Upward Mobility] (https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29254/w29254.pdf) ," by Jack Mountjoy (NBER Working Paper, 2021). ------" [Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes] (https://www.nber.org/papers/w25315) ," by Suqin Ge, Elliott Isaac, and Amalia Miller (NBER Working Paper, 2019). ------" [Leaving Boys Behind: Gender Disparities in High Academic Achievement] (https://www.nber.org/papers/w19331) ," by Nicole M. Fortin, Philip Oreopoulos, and Shelley Phipps (NBER Working Paper, 2013). ---EXTRAS: ------" [Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School] (https://freakonomics.com/freakonomics-radio-goes-back-to-school/) ," series by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ------“ ['If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?'] (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/if-were-all-in-it-for-ourselves-who-are-we/) ” by Freakonomics Radio (2024). ... Read more

29 Aug 2024

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29 Aug 2024

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