Enrollment is down for the first time in memory, and critics complain college is too expensive, too elitist, and too politicized. The economist Chris Paxson — who happens to be the president of Brown University — does not agree. (Part 3 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)
381. Long-Term Thinking in a Start-Up Town
380. Notes From an Imperfect Paradise
379. How to Change Your Mind
Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Rebroadcast)
378. 23andMe (and You, and Everyone Else)
377. The $1.5 Trillion Question-How to fix student loan debt?
376. The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting
The Invisible Paw (Rebroadcast)
375. The Most Interesting Fruit in the World
374. How Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Musicians)
373. Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work
372. Freakonomics Radio Live: “Would You Eat a Piece of Chocolate Shaped Like Dog Poop?”
Why You Shouldn’t Open a Restaurant (Update)
371. A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House
370. How to Fail Like a Pro
369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough
368. Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
367. The Future of Meat
366. This Economist Predicted the Last Crisis. What’s the Next One?
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