How a government agency wastes billions of dollars

Dec 28, 2015
The pitfalls of using corporate business practice in government agencies.

Egypt finds alternative to U.S.- made warplanes

Feb 16, 2015
Egypt's purchase of French fighters could say as much about money as politics
Egyptian Foreign Affairs minister Sameh Shoukry and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a press conference as part of the Gaza Donor Conference in Cairo, late 2014. 
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Why women lag in winning federal contracts

Oct 9, 2014
Women-owned businesses win less than five percent of the government's contract work.

What can the U.S. do to attack ISIS financially?

Sep 12, 2014
Can America effectively damage the fund-raising efforts of a non-state actor?

What a $6 billion anti-terrorist campaign amounts to

Sep 10, 2014
In the larger scheme, a $6 billion investment against ISIS is war on the cheap

How the U.S. pays for its involvement in Iraq

Jun 17, 2014
What does the defense budget already have covered?

Tracking the relationship of the government and Silicon Valley

Aug 1, 2013
Revelations that the government is collecting vast amounts of our personal data from companies like Facebook and Google, is raising questions about the relationship between the feds and the tech industry.

For public good, not for profit.

Freakonomics Radio: Gov't workers gone wild

Jul 17, 2013
The "Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure" catalogs the fiscal, sexual, and mental lapses of federal workers -- all with an eye toward preventing the next big mistake.

Sequester Pentagon cuts start to bite

Jun 28, 2013
The Pentagon starts furloughing 650,000 civilian employees next week.