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Nov 22, 2023 · Modular construction has some obvious benefits. Speed, for instance. BUCKLEY: On average, we produce buildings in half the time, less than 50 percent of the time than it takes to build it on site. The biggest factor in why modular construction is just so much quicker than site-built is because we have a dual timeline.
Oct 2, 2006 · “Freakonomics is politically incorrect in the best, most essential way.... This is bracing fun of the highest order.” — Kurt Andersen, host of public radio's Studio 360 and author of Turn of the Century “Freakonomics was the ‘It’ book of 2005.” — Fort Worth Star-Telegram “An eye-opening, and most interesting, approach to the ...
cause Freakonomics explores all sorts of modern real-world issues, and because the modern world tends to change quite fast, we have gone through the book and made a number of minor updates. Also, we made some mistakes. It was usually a reader who would bring a mistake to our attention, and we very much appreciate this input.
May 22, 2024 · Freakonomics Radio on Apple Podcasts. 779 episodes. Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search ...
Freakonomics, M.D. It’s the Freakonomics of medicine, with host Dr. Bapu Jena. Each week, the Harvard physician, economist, and author of Random Acts of Medicine will dig into a fascinating study at the intersection of economics and healthcare. He takes on questions like: Why do kids with summer birthdays get the flu more often?
Suleika Jaouad’s Survival Mechanisms. Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with cancer at 22. She made her illness the subject of a New York Times column and a memoir, Between Two Kingdoms. She and Steve talk about what it means to live with a potentially fatal illness, how to talk to people who’ve gone through a tragedy, and ways to encourage ...
Jan 3, 2022 · The Most Dangerous Machine. Season 6, Episode 35 This week on Freakonomics Radio: Uber is disrupting profitable sectors by using one of the world’s most dangerous machines. Plus, Stephen J. Dubner learns that data from Uber’s users is helping answer one of the most elusive questions in economics.
