Capitalisn't
Is capitalism the engine of destruction or the engine of prosperity? On this podcast we talk about the ways capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by author and journalist Bethany McLean and world renowned economist Luigi Zingales, we explain how capitalism can go wrong, and what we can do to fix it.
Cover photo attributions: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/about/capitalisnt.
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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 218
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Capitalisn't of Elon Musk's Twitter
[Show Notes: During the episode, Luigi mentions the paper of a Stigler Center Fellow. Here is a ProMarket piece describing this research in further detail: https://www.promarket.org/2022/11/10/the-ec…
00:40:19 |
Thu 10 Nov 2022
A Different Story Of Inflation With John Cochrane
In June 2022, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said, "we [now] understand better how little we understand about inflation." So what do we actually know about inflation?
In this episode, Luigi and…
00:40:15 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
[Unedited]: Thomas Piketty On Creating A More Equal Society
French economist Thomas Piketty is one of the leading intellectuals documenting inequality, with his 2013 book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” becoming widely read and cited. His new book, "A B…
00:57:51 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Antitrust-Isn't: The Story Of Declining Enforcement In America
Academics and policymakers alike draw a significant correlation between some of today's biggest problems - such as economic inequality - with rising corporate concentration and the ever-decreasing la…
00:38:02 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Capitalism In Our Attention Economy With Albert Wenger
Albert Wenger is Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures, which has invested in some of today's most exciting technology companies. In his new book, “The World After Capital", he argues that capita…
00:43:49 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis
We’re taking a week off here at the end of the summer, but with Biden’s recent student loan announcement we couldn’t help but think back to our episode about student debt with Constatine Yannelis.
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00:47:43 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Does Software Actually Slow Innovation?
Why have labor and productivity growth slowed?
Software entrepreneur-turned-academic researcher, James Bessen, argues the problem isn't fewer productive startups, or M&A activity (which has actually…
00:41:52 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Is Labor Benefiting From The Union Boom?
Richard B. Freeman is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and has been studying the role of labor unions in our economy for over forty years. His seminal publication, "What Do Unions Do?" …
00:42:20 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Is Inflation The Fed’s Fault? + Uber Leaks
With inflation unfettered, Luigi and Bethany sit down with economist Ricardo Reis to discuss the Federal Reserve’s role. Contrary to our hosts’ views, Reis argues that while the Fed has made mistakes…
00:58:05 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
How Corporations Get Away With Crime + SCOTUS EPA Ruling
When it comes to corporate rulebreaking, data from 2002 to 2016 reveals that the US government arranged more than 400 "deferred protection agreements" as a means of deterrence. Under these, a company…
00:59:56 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Rethinking (Neo)liberalism?
Our last three guests on the show, Oren Cass, Francis Fukuyama, and Glenn Hubbard, have each brought forth their critiques and suggestions for how liberalism and neoliberalism work (or ought to work)…
00:42:33 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
A Defense of the Neoliberal Order with Glenn Hubbard + Big Tech Antitrust Bills
Glenn Hubbard is Professor and Dean Emeritus at Columbia Business School, and also served as Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, among others. In his new book, "The Wall and the Bridge: F…
00:52:51 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Liberalism And Its Discontents With Francis Fukuyama + The Baby Formula Shortage
Francis Fukuyama is an American political scientist and author, notably of The End of History (1992) and Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity (1995).
Now, in his new book, he offers libe…
00:57:12 |
Thu 26 May 2022
The Intangible Economy with Jonathan Haskel + Roe v Wade & Corporate America
What do lighthouses, the wheelie suitcase, Harry Potter, and Wikipedia have in common? They showcase the progressive evolution towards investment in the "intangible economy": one prioritizing knowled…
00:56:46 |
Thu 12 May 2022
Is Common Good Capitalism The Answer? With Oren Cass + Elon Musk Buys Twitter
The basic premise of capitalism has always been that more people generating more profits will be better for everybody. Oren Cass wants to challenge that premise by prioritizing values over value and …
01:07:01 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Ukraine: The Price of Democracy with Tymofiy Mylovanov
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, we've discussed its many aspects but we haven't talked to anyone actually in or from the country. On this episode, we do both. Ukrainian economist Tymofiy Mylov…
00:42:08 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Ukraine: Sanctioning the Oligarchs' Enablers With Bill Browder
As the devastation in Ukraine increases, so do the calls to end the war. Among those championing tougher actions is Bill Browder—one of Putin’s most vocal critics—and the man behind the Magnitsky Act…
00:41:36 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
Ukraine: The Privatization of Sanctions with Richard Edelman
As the war in Ukraine continues, the world is responding not just with various government sanctions on Russia, but also with a voluntary exodus of private corporations from the Russian market. To dis…
00:38:07 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Ukraine: A Restart Of History
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed the "end of history" and of humankind’s ideological evolution. The combination of Western liberal democracy…
00:29:25 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
The Private Equity Debate: Is it a Good Investment?
Is private equity a good investment? Jeffrey Hooke, Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins' Carey School of Business, claims that private equity has not been a lucrative investment for institutional invest…
00:59:25 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
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