Why the NBA Feels Broken—and Why the League Can’t Fix It
The NBA’s vibes have been unusually awful recently. There has been widespread hand-wringing about the homogenization of modern offenses and the league’s notoriously weak regular-season TV ratings. A t...
29 Touko 57min
Does Anybody Know How to Solve an American Debt Crisis?
On his 40th birthday, Derek Thompson takes a step back and looks at how his thinking on the national debt has changed. Back when he first covered fiscal policy, concern about government borrowing was ...
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The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
Fertility rates are collapsing around the world. In rich countries and poor ones, in secular societies and religious ones, people are having fewer children than ever before. Some explanations focus on...
15 Touko 1h 1min
The Case Against the AI Job Apocalypse
For the past few years, Silicon Valley executives and economists have warned that artificial intelligence could wipe out millions of jobs. Some companies have even blamed AI for layoffs. But what if t...
12 Touko 54min
Why American Happiness Just Fell Off a Cliff
America is richer than ever. Unemployment is low. Wages are high. According to traditional metrics, the economy looks strong. So why are Americans feeling so bad? Today, Derek talks with bestselling ...
8 Touko 1h
One of the Deadliest Cancers in America May Have Met Its Match
Hard to detect and almost impossible to treat, pancreatic cancer has long been one of medicine’s most ruthless killers. For decades, it’s been the cancer that science couldn’t crack. But that might be...
5 Touko 45min
Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success
Freedom is one of the few ideas everyone agrees on. Surely more choice and autonomy is a good thing, right? But what if our endless pursuit of freedom is actually making us more anxious, less creative...
1 Touko 49min
