Stephen Dubner

What share of this new wave of FTC employees would you say will still be there a month or a year from now?

What was your favorite thing about working in government?

What was your favorite thing about working in government?

What was your favorite thing about working in government?

What are some of your least favorite things about working in government?

What are some of your least favorite things about working in government?

What are some of your least favorite things about working in government?

I'm curious to know your thoughts on the choice of Kamala Harris as the candidate with no outside competition after Biden withdrew. I mean, doesn't it feel that that was handled in a similar way to some of the anticompetitive cronyism that you're fighting?

I'm curious to know your thoughts on the choice of Kamala Harris as the candidate with no outside competition after Biden withdrew. I mean, doesn't it feel that that was handled in a similar way to some of the anticompetitive cronyism that you're fighting?

I'm curious to know your thoughts on the choice of Kamala Harris as the candidate with no outside competition after Biden withdrew. I mean, doesn't it feel that that was handled in a similar way to some of the anticompetitive cronyism that you're fighting?

I don't know if you're familiar with the work of the political scientist Yunyun Ong. She's at Johns Hopkins and she studies political corruption. She makes the argument that countries like China and Russia have significant levels of corruption in forms that to an American seem patently illegal. Suitcases full of cash and no-bid contracts, things like that.

I don't know if you're familiar with the work of the political scientist Yunyun Ong. She's at Johns Hopkins and she studies political corruption. She makes the argument that countries like China and Russia have significant levels of corruption in forms that to an American seem patently illegal. Suitcases full of cash and no-bid contracts, things like that.

I don't know if you're familiar with the work of the political scientist Yunyun Ong. She's at Johns Hopkins and she studies political corruption. She makes the argument that countries like China and Russia have significant levels of corruption in forms that to an American seem patently illegal. Suitcases full of cash and no-bid contracts, things like that.

But she argues that political corruption in the U.S. is also very significant. It's just that it's essentially legal corruption in the form of corporate capture of government. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on corporate capture and how serious you think that problem is.

But she argues that political corruption in the U.S. is also very significant. It's just that it's essentially legal corruption in the form of corporate capture of government. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on corporate capture and how serious you think that problem is.

But she argues that political corruption in the U.S. is also very significant. It's just that it's essentially legal corruption in the form of corporate capture of government. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on corporate capture and how serious you think that problem is.

So, Lena, your life has already had this amazing arc with a lot of accomplishment and drama. It feels like enough to write a book about maybe an opera, but you're still very young. So let's assume that your life today is act one of that opera. What do you want the second and third acts to look like? Yeah.

So, Lena, your life has already had this amazing arc with a lot of accomplishment and drama. It feels like enough to write a book about maybe an opera, but you're still very young. So let's assume that your life today is act one of that opera. What do you want the second and third acts to look like? Yeah.

So, Lena, your life has already had this amazing arc with a lot of accomplishment and drama. It feels like enough to write a book about maybe an opera, but you're still very young. So let's assume that your life today is act one of that opera. What do you want the second and third acts to look like? Yeah.

I understand you're back teaching at Columbia now, at least for this semester. Is that right?