Is Florida Eating New York's Lunch?
Last year was a banner year for those trading the New York chill for the Florida sun. Thirty-nine percent of Empire Staters packed up and moved to the Sunshine State, more than any year in history. In...
28 Apr 202353min
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
When the Great Recession struck, it was the start of the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. A slumping housing market revealed vulnerabilities of huge numbers ...
21 Apr 202353min
Are Men Finished and Should We Help Them?
By several measures, men are in trouble. Women outnumber them in college enrollment. And even once there, men are not as likely to graduate. Men also face higher levels of substance abuse, higher numb...
14 Apr 202353min
Is The Democratic Party Too Far Left?
Defund the police. Abolish ICE. Redistribute the wealth. These are but a few of the one-liners that have emanated from the liberal wing of the Democratic party in recent years. With the emergence of “...
7 Apr 202353min
Is America Too Obsessed With Race?
Sixty years ago, in the sweltering August heat of Washington D.C., the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most iconic speech, and a defining moment of the civil rights movement. "I have a d...
31 Mar 202353min
Should the FTC Ban Non-compete Clauses?
This year, the Federal Trade Commission decided shake up the labor market, proposing to ban non-compete clauses for the tens of millions of workers they affect. The clauses are essentially contracts b...
24 Mar 202352min
John Donvan In Conversation with David McRaney on the Science of Changing Minds
What’s it take to change a mind? It turns out there is a science to it. That’s at least according to David McRaney, a journalist, author, and host of the You Are Not So Smart podcast. The first step, ...
17 Mar 202353min
Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
With one billion active users across more than 150 countries, TikTok is by many measures the world’s most successful video app. Nearly one in three Americans have an account. It is the most downloaded...
3 Mar 202353min
