Next time, on part two of our special series, freconomics radio goes back to school. And if you want to dig deeper, right now, you can find some other college related episodes in our archive. We are especially grateful to you, our listeners, for helping us create such a lasting endeavor. Here's wishing rajah kala and thomas marshburn a safe return home soon.
We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market share and prestige points. In the first episode of a special series, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)