Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGregory Makoff, "Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring" (Georgetown UP, 2024)
Episode 108
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, n…
2 years, 2 months ago
Angela Geck, "The Power to Persuade: Strategic Arguing at the World Trade Organization" (U Toronto Press, 2024)
Episode 160
The Power to Persuade: Strategic Arguing at the World Trade Organization (University of Toronto Press, 2024) by Dr. Angela Geck provides an innovativ…
2 years, 2 months ago
Zvi Schreiber, "Money, Going Out of Style: The Story of Money and the Mystery of Its Decline" (2021)
Episode 159
What is money? Why are trillions of dollars, euros, pounds, and yen being printed, but not spent, and what does this reveal about the state of our so…
2 years, 2 months ago
Leslie Ramos, "Philanthropy in the Arts: A Game of Give and Take" (Lund Humphries, 2023)
Episode 2
In an era where the financial stability of many arts organizations is increasingly precarious, arts philanthropy stands at a critical juncture. The r…
2 years, 2 months ago
Paul Volcker: “The only number that works is zero”
Episode 158
More than any other global institution, the US Federal Reserve’s decisions and communications drive capital markets and alter financial conditions ev…
2 years, 2 months ago
Jacob Soll, "Free Market: The History of an Idea" (Basic Books, 2022)
Episode 221
After two government bailouts of the American economy in less than twenty years, free market thought is due for serious reappraisal. Free Market: The…
2 years, 2 months ago
Arthur Burns: “The smartest guy in the room”
Episode 157
More than any other global institution, the US Federal Reserve’s decisions and communications drive capital markets and alter financial conditions ev…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bill Martin: “Truman looked at him and said: ‘Traitor’”
Episode 156
More than any other global institution, the US Federal Reserve’s decisions and communications drive capital markets and alter financial conditions ev…
2 years, 3 months ago
The GiveWell Method
Episode 1
In this episode, Caleb Zakarin and Uri Bram dive into the world of effective charitable giving through the lens of GiveWell, an organization known fo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Marriner Eccles: Reform “may not have happened in 1935 if Eccles hadn't been there”
Episode 155
More than any other global institution, the US Federal Reserve’s decisions and communications drive capital markets and alter financial conditions ev…
2 years, 3 months ago