Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLeon Wansleben, "The Rise of Central Banks: State Power in Financial Capitalism" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Episode 48
While central banks have gained remarkable influence over the past fifty years, promising more stability, global finance has gone from crisis to cris…
3 years, 7 months ago
From China's Lost Generation to American Private Equity Professor
Episode 133
Having lived through both China’s Great Leap Forward during primary school, then the Cultural Revolution and the closing of schools for ten years, Be…
3 years, 7 months ago
Michael Schiltz, "Accounting for the Fall of Silver: Hedging Currency Risk in Long-Distance Trade with Asia, 1870-1913" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 63
The second half of the nineteenth century is correctly known to have culminated in the emergence of the gold standard as the first truly internationa…
3 years, 8 months ago
Geoffrey Jones, "Deeply Responsible Business A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership" (Harvard University Press, 2023)
Episode 61
In this episode, I interview Professor Geoffrey Jones about his new book Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership …
3 years, 8 months ago
Victor Roy, "Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines" (U California Press, 2023)
Episode 190
Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines (U California Press, 2023) takes readers into the struggle over a medical …
3 years, 8 months ago
The History of Student Loans in the United States
Episode 37
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, an associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, talks about her book, Indentured Students: How Government-Gu…
3 years, 8 months ago
Rowan Dorin, "No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe" (Princeton UP, 2023)
Episode 58
Beginning in the twelfth century, Jewish moneylenders increasingly found themselves in the crosshairs of European authorities, who denounced the evil…
3 years, 9 months ago
Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation with Beth Akers
Episode 61
With the Biden Administration's student loan relief coming down the pike, Annika sits down with Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enter…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ajay Agrawal et al., "Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence" (HBR Press, 2022)
Episode 130
Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Prediction Machines describe what you can do to prepare. …
3 years, 9 months ago
Liran Einav et al., "Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It" (Yale UP, 2023)
Episode 129
Why is dental insurance so crummy? Why is pet insurance so expensive? Why does your auto insurer ask for your credit score? The answer to these quest…
3 years, 9 months ago