Podcast Episodes
Back to Search565. Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?
Episode 565
They say they make companies more efficient through savvy management. Critics say they bend the rules to enrich themselves at the expense of consumer…
2 years, 3 months ago
480. How Much Does Discrimination Hurt the Economy? (Replay)
Episode 480
Evidence from Nazi Germany and 1940’s America (and pretty much everywhere else) shows that discrimination is incredibly costly — to the victims, of c…
2 years, 4 months ago
564. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 4: Extreme Resiliency
Episode 564
Everyone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
RESOURC…
2 years, 4 months ago
563. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit
Episode 563
Giving up can be painful. That's why we need to talk about it. Today: stories about glitchy apps, leaky paint cans, broken sculptures — and a quest f…
2 years, 4 months ago
562. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 2: Life and Death
Episode 562
In medicine, failure can be catastrophic. It can also produce discoveries that save millions of lives. Tales from the front line, the lab, and the I.…
2 years, 4 months ago
561. How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events
Episode 561
We tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — w…
2 years, 5 months ago
232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)
Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about why women earn so much less than men — and how i…
2 years, 5 months ago
560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best?
Episode 560
John Ray is an emergency C.E.O., a bankruptcy expert who takes over companies that have succumbed to failure or fraud. He’s currently cleaning up the…
2 years, 5 months ago
559. Are Two C.E.O.s Better Than One?
Episode 559
If two parents can run a family, why shouldn’t two executives run a company? We dig into the research and hear firsthand stories of both triumph and …
2 years, 5 months ago
558. The Facts Are In: Two Parents Are Better Than One
Episode 558
In her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says it’s time for liberals to face the facts: U.S. marriage rates have plumm…
2 years, 5 months ago