Greg Rosalsky

Greg Rosalsky is a producer for Freakonomics Radio and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a master’s degree studying economics and public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Prior to grad school, Greg was a researcher at the White House. You can follow him on Twitter @Elliswonk.

Business

Nineteenth-Century Rappers, Corn Laws, and the Rise of Free Trade

The strange intersection of corn laws, rap, poetry, and free trade.

A classic Nintendo Entertainment System complete with the short controller cord

Business & Economics

What Can Video Games Teach Us About Economics?

But what can video games tell us about economics? Apparently a lot.

Illustration of Columbus on his knee, planing a flag in the New World with his men and ships looking on

Politics & History

What If the World Were Flat and Columbus Had Fallen Off the Edge of the Earth?

What if Columbus had never made it to America?

Editors' Picks

Politics & History

Guns in America: Foundations and Key Concepts

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.

Politics & History

American as Apple Pie

How marketing made guns a fundamental element of contemporary boyhood.

Politics & History

“I Have A Dream”: Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.

Politics & History

When Uptown Chicago was “Hillbilly Heaven”

In the 1960s, white Appalachian workers attempted to put down roots in Chicago by building an integrated model neighborhood called Hank Williams Village.

Science & Technology

Who Wants the Metaverse?

What exactly is the “metaverse,” and what could it be, beyond an overused, hyper-trendy prompt in marketing copy?

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