SuperFreakonomics

An American president’s economic advisers are arguably the most influential group of financial policymakers in the world. So why is that team so often free of high-regarded economists? ‘Freakonomics’ co-author Stephen Dubner joins the program.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the more a political candidate spends on campaigning, the more likely he or she is to win the election. Stephen Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics book and blog, investigates.

Upon his return home from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, ‘Freakonomics’ author Stephen Dubner came to a conclusion: John McCain hates economists. Dunber talks to John and Adaora about what the McCain camp has against number crunchers.

Stephen Dubner grapples with the balancing act of being a responsible parent and telling his children some cold, hard truths. Dubner wonders when is the right age ? and what might be the wrong moment ? for a dose of adult-strength reality. Guest: Stephen Dubner, Takeaway contributor and author of the ‘Freakonomics’ book and blog

Is the United States a nation with a fundamental misunderstanding of debt, financing and budgeting? ‘Freakonomics’ author Stephen Dubner and a number of economics say it is. Dubner looks at how an absence of financial education hurts us during times of economic instability.