Capitalisn't
University of Chicago Podcast Network
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. If you would like to send us feedback, suggestions for guests we should bring...
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Episodes (500)
The End of Google As We Know It?
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Dani Rodrik on the New Economics of Industrial Policy
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The Economic Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood, with Jonathan Haidt
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Immigration in America: Data and Myths, Revisited With Leah Boustan
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Joseph Stiglitz's Vision of a New Progressive Capitalism
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Capitalism-Was: What Happened to the American Dream? With David Leonhardt
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The Money Behind Ultra-Processed Foods, with Marion Nestle
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The Economics of Student Protests
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Is Private Credit In The Public Interest? with Jim Grant
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Ralph Nader's Capitalism
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The New Business Of News, with Ben Smith
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Poverty in America: Terrible Scourge or a Measurement Error?
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When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything, with John Coates
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Is Short Selling Dead? With Jim Chanos
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Manufacturing Influence, with Emily Hund
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The Capitalisn't of Banking, with Anat Admati
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Ask Luigi Zingales Anything
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Who Controls AI? With Sendhil Mullainathan
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Raghuram Rajan’s Vision Of An Indian Path To Development
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How Big Law Firms Shape Capitalism, With David Enrich
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The Capitalisn't of Crypto: SBF and Beyond, with Zeke Faux
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When Capitalism Becomes Tyranny, with Sohrab Ahmari
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The Capitalisn't Of The U.S. COVID Response, With Bethany McLean
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Science for Sale, with David Michaels
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A Conservative Critique Of Capitalism, With Patrick Deneen
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The Most Important Guidelines You Didn’t Know About, With Susan Athey
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Key Lessons From The “Chicago Boys” Chile Experiment
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The Evolution of Antitrust: From Brandeis To Biden
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An Insider's Look At ESG Revisited
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The Private Equity Debate Revisited
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Rebooting American Health Care, with Amy Finkelstein
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Why America's Poor Remain Poor, With Matthew Desmond
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Bonus: Sen. Phil Gramm on Banking Deregulation
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Is American Inequality a Myth? With Sen. Phil Gramm
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Reinventing Democracy, With Hélène Landemore
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Is Technological Progress Good For Everyone? With Daron Acemoglu
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Can Labor Markets Save Capitalism? With David Autor
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Has ‘Thinking Like An Economist’ Distorted Our Politics?
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Raghuram Rajan: Why The Banking Crisis Isn’t Over
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Are The Twitter Files A Scandal?
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SVB: The End of Banking as We Know It?
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The Capitalisn't Of Consulting: McKinsey And Beyond
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ProMarket: Why Martin Wolf Changed His Mind on Milton Friedman
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Martin Wolf: Is Capitalism Killing Democracy?
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Google: The New Vampire Squid? With Dina Srinivasan
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The End Of China’s Miracle?
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Shattering Immigration Myths: Data Beyond Borders
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Revisiting The Meritocracy Debate With Adrian Wooldridge And Michael Sandel
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He Foresaw Inflation. Here’s What He Expects Next. Feat. Lord Mervyn King
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Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and Chokepoint Capitalism with Cory Doctorow
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