Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMax Krahé and Sara Schulte, "Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End" (Dezernat Zukunft, 2026)
Episode 457
If governments provide financial support for affordable housing, should they provide support for inhabitants directly, or rather for the construction…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Kevin Warsh: "What did you have to say in order to get this job?"
Episode 456
More than any single institution, the US Federal Reserve drives global financial markets with its decisions and communications. While its interest ra…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Jesper Rangvid, "How Low Interest Rates Change the World: Global Trends Caused by Low Rates and Emerging Factors Shaping the Future of Rates" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 455
How Low Interest Rates Change the World: Global Trends Caused by Low Rates and Emerging Factors Shaping the Future of Rates (Oxford UP, 2025) explore…
5 months, 1 week ago
Photis Lysandrou, "Dollar Dominance: Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It" (Policy Press, 2025)
Episode 454
In a world shaken by crises, why does the dollar continue to dominate? In Dollar Dominance: Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It (…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Paul Blustein, "King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency" (Yale UP, 2025)
Episode 453
The U.S. dollar is the world’s most important currency. Trade is priced in dollars, the world’s central banks keep U.S. dollars in reserve, some plac…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Trevor Jackson, "The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World" (Norton, 2026)
Episode 452
How did an economic system that was the result of largely uncoordinated and unplanned individual decisions come to dominate our modern world? This is…
6 months ago
Karen Hao, "Empire of AI: Inside the Race for Total Domination" (Allan Lane, 2025)
Episode 423
Hello! Thanks for reaching out. I'm glad you're here! Do you have any questions or thoughts about the recent discussion with Karen Hao on AI and its …
6 months ago
What's Global about Sven Beckert's Capitalism (Paul Kramer, JP)
Episode 450
John is joined by the brilliant and affable Paul Kramer of Vanderbilt (The Blood of Government) to discuss Capitalism: A Global History (Penguin, 202…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Eric Ries, "Incorruptible" (Authors Equity, 2026)
Episode 449
Eric Ries shares how financial 'gravity' pulls great companies away from their founders' purpose, and his solutions in his new book Incorruptible (…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
J. S. Nelson, "Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 41
The book places special emphasis on the relationship between corporations, managers, and shareholders. Drawing on Lynn Stout’s influential work on co…
7 months ago