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Ten Years Later Pt 3: The Next Crisis
Season 1 Episode 24
In our third and final episode on the 2008 financial crisis, Kate & Luigi look at recent volatility in the markets and try to predict the cause of the next financial crash with help from prominent ec…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Live taping of Capitalisn't in Chicago on October 8th
Season 1
Join us for a live taping of Capitalisn't on October 8 at the Union League Club in Chicago! Author Yascha Mounk will discuss his latest book, The People vs. Democracy, with co-hosts Luigi Zingales an…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Ten Years Later Pt 2: The Aftermath
Season 1 Episode 23
The second in a 3-part series on the 2008 financial crisis. In the weeks after the crash Luigi remembers petitioning the government for a better bank bailout. Looking back, he and Kate review everyth…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Ten Years Later Pt 1: The Build-Up
Season 1 Episode 22
The first in a 3-part series on the 2008 financial crisis. Kate tells Luigi about being an intern at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed and then we debate the causes including subprime mortgages, inve…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Sex, Power and the Ivory Tower
Season 1 Episode 21
Economists experience their first major #MeToo moment. Kate and Luigi explore the larger implications of a recent case involving a Columbia University professor who was found liable for retaliation a…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Antitrust Pt 3: The Europeans
Season 1 Episode 20
Our third and final episode on antitrust law looks at the E.U.'s recent $5 billion fine against Google. Kate and Luigi hear about double-sided markets from Nobel-winning economist Jean Tirole and exp…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Antitrust Pt 2: The Populists
Season 1 Episode 19
The second in a special 3-part series on antitrust law. Kate and Luigi talk with Lina Khan, author of the article “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox,” and a member of the New Brandeis Movement, which belie…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Antitrust Pt 1: The Establishment
Season 1 Episode 18
The first in a special 3-part series on antitrust law. In the wake of the approved merger between giants AT&T and Time Warner, Kate and Luigi talk with a leading expert, Carl Shapiro, about the evolv…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
The Reluctant Central Banker
Season 1 Episode 17
Do central bankers have too much power? Paul Tucker, a former official at the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis and author of the new book 'Unelected Power,' explains to Kate and Luigi…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Abdomenable Transactions
Season 1 Episode 16
Should a kidney be sold to the highest bidder? Luigi and Kate debate Nobel-winning economist Al Roth whose algorithm for kidney transplants has saved more than 6000 lives. Roth says matching markets …
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago