Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMargaret Jacobs, “Enlightened Entrepreneurialism” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 48
Enlightened Entrepreneurialism is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of Histo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian, "The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back" (New Press, 2021)
Episode 123
As people reach for social justice and better lives, they create public goods--free education, public health, open parks, clean water, and many other…
4 years, 10 months ago
69 Recall this Buck 4: Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)
Episode 69
In this installment of our Recall this Buck series (check out our earlier conversations with Thomas Piketty, Peter Brown and Christine Desan), John a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Paul Collier, "The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties" (Harper, 2019)
Episode 122
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite vers…
4 years, 11 months ago
Nika Kabiri, "Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing" (Houndstooth Press, 2020)
Episode 79
Today I talked to Nika Kabiri about her new book Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing (Houndstooth Press, 2020).…
4 years, 11 months ago
Michele Wucker, "You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World" (Pegasus Books, 2021)
Episode 78
Today I talked to Michele Wucker about her new book You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World (Pegasus Books, 2…
5 years ago
Scott Sumner, "The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 131
Is it possible that the consensus around what caused the 2008 Great Recession is almost entirely wrong? It's happened before. Just as Milton Friedman…
5 years ago
Alex Pentland and Alexander Lipton, "Building the New Economy: Data As Capital" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 53
Data is now central to the economy, government, and health systems—so why are data and the AI systems that interpret the data in the hands of so few …
5 years ago
The Economics of Higher Education
Episode 65
In this episode, Daniel Peris, the host of the “Keep Calm and Carry On Investing” podcast, and David Finegold have a wide-ranging discussion of econo…
5 years ago
Marco Dondi, "Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose" (Fast Company Press, 2021)
Episode 128
It's time to rethink how we create and allocate money
In Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose (Fast Company P…
5 years ago