Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLucia Hulsether, "Capitalist Humanitarianism" (Duke UP, 2023)
Episode 471
The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades – to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the…
2 years, 3 months ago
David J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 52
There is no shortage of books on the growing impact of data collection and analysis on our societies, our cultures, and our everyday lives. David Han…
2 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Susskind, "Growth: A History and a Reckoning" (Harvard UP, 2024)
Episode 153
Daniel Susskind examines the brief and powerful history of economic growth and puts it into perspective with human prosperity in Growth: A History an…
2 years, 4 months ago
Michael Sonenscher, "Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 217
What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what’s at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? …
2 years, 4 months ago
Nicolas Véron, "Europe's Banking Union at Ten: Unfinished Yet Transformative" (Bruegel, 2024)
Episode 34
In 2012, to stave off the collapse of their currency union, Europe’s leaders sought to end the so-called “doom loop” between the solvency of their go…
2 years, 4 months ago
Amy Schiller, "The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong—And How to Fix It" (Melville House, 2023)
Episode 720
Amy Schiller, who spent a number of years working in both political and major gift fundraising, has a new book detailing some of the fundamental prob…
2 years, 4 months ago
Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston, "The Political Development of American Debt Relief" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 184
A political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief. Americans have a long history with debt. They also have a long history of mobilizin…
2 years, 4 months ago
Oscar Sanchez-Sibony, "The Soviet Union and the Construction of the Global Market: Energy and the Ascent of Finance in Cold War Europe, 1964–1971" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 105
In The Soviet Union and the Construction of the Global Market. Energy and the Ascent of Finance in Cold War Europe, 1964–1971 (Cambridge University P…
2 years, 4 months ago
Rhodri Davies, "What Is Philanthropy For?" (Bristol UP, 2023)
Episode 222
In recent years, philanthropy, the use of private assets for the public good, has come under renewed scrutiny. Do elite philanthropists wield too muc…
2 years, 4 months ago
Qian Wei, "The Governance of Philanthropic Foundations in Authoritarian China" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 221
Chinese philanthropic foundations navigate a uniquely challenging terrain shaped by authoritarian governance. The Governance of Philanthropic Foundat…
2 years, 4 months ago