Podcast Episodes

Why Trump Is Deregulating In The Wrong Way, with Sam Peltzman

Season 2 Episode 127

In President Donald Trump's recent joint address to Congress, he said, "To unshackle our economy, I have directed that for every one new regulation, ten old regulations must be eliminated." Elon Musk…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s War on Universities, with Nicholas Dirks

Season 2 Episode 126

Skyrocketing costs of attendance, declining enrollment, the advent of artificial intelligence, campus debates about free speech, and a crackdown on diversity initiatives: Today's universities are in …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Did NIMBYs Kill the American Dream?, with Yoni Appelbaum

Season 2 Episode 125

“Homeownership is the American Dream.” This saying is so ingrained in our zeitgeist that most Americans don't even pause to question it. However, according to the Black Knights Home Price Index, the …

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Can AI Even Be Regulated?, with Sendhil Mullainathan

Season 2 Episode 124

This week, Elon Musk—amidst his other duties of gutting United States federal government agencies as head of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—announced a hostile bid alongside a conso…

Published on 10 months ago

Why This Nobel Economist Thinks Bitcoin Is Going to Zero, with Eugene Fama

Season 2 Episode 123

In December 2024, Bitcoin, one of the earliest cryptocurrencies and undoubtedly the most famous, hit $2 trillion in market capitalization, bigger than Tesla, Meta, and Saudi Aramco. In this episode, …

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Should Companies Have A Social Responsibility To Be “Great Businesses”?, with John Kay

Season 2 Episode 122

The public often imagines corporations as self-contained actors that provide a set of goods and services to consumers. Underpinning this image have been ideas of ownership, rights to capital and inte…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

How Big Money Changed The Democratic Game, with Daniel Ziblatt

Season 2 Episode 121

Daniel Ziblatt is an American political scientist, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University, and the co-author (with Steven Levitsky) of several bestselling books, including…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

America’s Addiction to Easy Money, with Ruchir Sharma

Season 2 Episode 120

Are bailouts the new “trickle-down” economics? Have government debt and deficits caused capitalism’s collapse—thus ending the American Dream?

Ruchir Sharma is a well-known columnist for the Financial …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Argentinian DOGE

Season 2 Episode 119

A new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Its goals include administrative reductions, cost savings, regulatory cutbacks, and reducing federal …

Published on 1 year ago

The Fertility Crisis: Capitalism's Next Challenge, with Sir Niall Ferguson

Season 2 Episode 118

For years, the world worried about overpopulation and our capacity to sustain ever-increasing numbers of people. Now, the worry is underpopulation—and recent numbers are stunning. Fertility rate is t…

Published on 1 year ago