From politics and economics to psychology and the arts, many of the modern ideas we take for granted emerged a century ago from a single European capital. In this episode of the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, the historian Richard Cockett explores all those ideas — and how the arrival of fascism can ruin in a few years what took generations to build.
594. Your Brand’s Spokesperson Just Got Arrested — Now What?
593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living
EXTRA: The Fascinatingly Mundane Secrets of the World’s Most Exclusive Nightclub
592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
Extra: Car Colors & Storage Units
588. Confessions of a Black Conservative
587. Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?
Extra: Why Is 23andMe Going Under? (Update)
585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing
584. How to Pave the Road to Hell
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?
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