Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShould We Let Walmart Regulate Itself?
Season 1 Episode 48
In the last few weeks, we've seen two examples of seeming corporate self-regulation. One is Walmart's decision to end all handgun ammunition sales, a…
6 years, 7 months ago
Shareholders vs. Stakeholders
Season 1 Episode 47
Many are praising a recent Business Roundtable announcement that corporations should serve stakeholders as well as shareholders. On the surface, this…
6 years, 8 months ago
Are Stock Buybacks Evil?
Season 1 Episode 46
Are stock buybacks evil? A lot of politicians seem to think so. Senators Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer wrote an op-ed in the New York Times this y…
6 years, 8 months ago
Universal Basic Income: Why and How?
Season 1 Episode 45
If you've been paying attention to Andrew Yang's Democratic presidential campaign, you're probably familiar with the concept of universal basic incom…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Student Debt Crisis: There's No Such Thing As A Free College
Season 1 Episode 44
With Democratic presidential candidates making the student debt crisis one of the central issues of the 2020 race, Kate and Luigi give an in-depth ec…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Mickey Mouse Monopoly Club
Season 1 Episode 43
Last episode, Kate and Luigi discussed how the patent system creates a temporary monopoly designed to make the incentives to innovate. But the real q…
6 years, 10 months ago
Luigi Submits A Patent
Season 1 Episode 42
After our series about the dangers of monopolies, we're going to investigate a situation in which the government actually works to create monopolies …
6 years, 10 months ago
Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 3: Tyler Cowen Rebuttals
Season 1 Episode 41
In part three of our series investigating how digital platforms like Facebook and Google should be regulated, Tyler Cowen from George Mason Universit…
6 years, 11 months ago
Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 2: Politics
Season 1 Episode 40
In part two of our series investigating how digital platforms like Facebook and Google should be regulated, Kate and Luigi dissect the ways these com…
6 years, 11 months ago
Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 1: Markets
Season 1 Episode 39
As digital platforms like Facebook and Google become globally powerful, some countries are investigating and even proposing legislation to regulate t…
6 years, 11 months ago