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Back to SearchIs Common Good Capitalism The Answer? With Oren Cass + Elon Musk Buys Twitter
Season 2 Episode 44
The basic premise of capitalism has always been that more people generating more profits will be better for everybody. Oren Cass wants to challenge t…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ukraine: The Price of Democracy with Tymofiy Mylovanov
Season 2 Episode 43
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, we've discussed its many aspects but we haven't talked to anyone actually in or from the country. On this epis…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ukraine: Sanctioning the Oligarchs' Enablers With Bill Browder
Season 2 Episode 42
As the devastation in Ukraine increases, so do the calls to end the war. Among those championing tougher actions is Bill Browder—one of Putin’s most …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ukraine: The Privatization of Sanctions with Richard Edelman
Season 2 Episode 41
As the war in Ukraine continues, the world is responding not just with various government sanctions on Russia, but also with a voluntary exodus of pr…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ukraine: A Restart Of History
Season 2 Episode 40
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed the "end of history" and of humankind’s ideological evolu…
4 years ago
The Private Equity Debate: Is it a Good Investment?
Season 2 Episode 39
Is private equity a good investment? Jeffrey Hooke, Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins' Carey School of Business, claims that private equity has not be…
4 years ago
The Causes And Effects Of Today's Inflation, With Raghuram Rajan
Season 2 Episode 38
The Federal Reserve is likely to hike interest rates in March due to high inflation and the strong labor market. But where did this inflation come fr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Meritocracy: The Genetic Lottery with Kathryn Paige Harden
Season 2 Episode 37
Last year, Capitalisn’t featured two episodes on the pluses and minuses of meritocracy. Supporters of meritocracy, such as Adrian Wooldrige, emphasiz…
4 years, 1 month ago
Capitalism As A Contradiction With Yanis Varoufakis
Season 2 Episode 36
Yanis Varoufakis is a vocal critic of capitalism. He is a Greek academic, writer, and politician – as former Minister of Finance, led negotiations du…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Political Polarization of Corporate America
Season 2 Episode 35
Increased polarization in America has meant more political homogeneity across our digital, social, and civic spaces. But what about our workplaces, w…
4 years, 2 months ago