Freakonomics Radio

434. Is New York City Over?

Oct 8, 2020

49:04

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The Triumph of the City

02:19

Increasing Police Budgets Reduces Crime Rates

01:25

The City Is the Greatest Human Invention

02:03

Introduction

3min

New York City Is Not Over

2min

New York City Teachers - Is There a Need to Test Every Single Teacher Every Day?

2min

New York City Mayor De Blazio Isn't the Most Powerful Person in a City, but He's Antagonizing Them.

2min

New York City's Population Outflows Aren't a Mass Exodus

2min

Will People Keep Moving Into New York?

2min

The Pandemic Isn't Just in New York, It May Be All Over the Country

2min

Coven Nineteen - Is It Affecting Cities Like Seattle?

2min

New York's Fiscal Crisis

3min

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New York City Crisis - Felix Roweton

2min

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New York City's Financial Crisis

2min

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The Pandemic and the Fiscal Crisis - Which One?

2min

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Federal Aid to New York City After the Nine Eleven Terrace Attacks

2min

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New York City Is a Drop Dead Moment

2min

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Freconomics Radio Is Sponsored by Capital One

3min

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The City Is the Greatest Human Invention

2min

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Cities Make Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier

2min

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Cities in New York Are Over Two Years Longer in New York

2min

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The Triumph of the City

2min

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Urban Discontents, if You Could Fix One?

2min

21.

What's Happening to Domestic Violence?

2min

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Increasing Police Budgets Reduces Crime Rates

1min

23.

New York City Mayor Bill De Blazio Will Be Replaced in a Twenty One Election

2min

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Is the Pandemic an Opportunity?

3min

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Freconomics Radio

3min

The pandemic has hit America's biggest city particularly hard. Amidst a deep fiscal hole, rising homicides, and a flight to the suburbs, some people think the city is heading back to the bad old 1970s. We look at the history — and the data — to see why that’s probably not the case.