The Economics of Everyday Things
Hosted by Zachary Crockett · Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett
4.9from 4,452 ratings
- 144
- Episodes
- 105
- Transcribed
- 4,452
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About The Economics of Everyday Things
Who decides which snacks are in your office’s vending machine? How much is a suburban elm tree worth, and to whom? How did Girl Scout Cookies become a billion-dollar business? In bite-sized episodes, journalist Zachary Crockett looks at quotidian things and finds amazing stories. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, start a free trial for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
- Publisher
- Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Jan 2023
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
105 of 144 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person
29 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
120. An update on the show
22 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
119. Christmas Lights
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Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And they did so, I think, by always pursuing the short-term and getting fixated on the short-term and then being locked into an ever a spiral of downward short-term decisions to try and fix what required long-term decision-making. Were they driven by short-term results because of their ownership? […]
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- YouTube views
- 6,965,330
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,599 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 2,853 ratings
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- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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