Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to Stop “Ensh*ttification” Before It Kills the Internet - ft. Cory Doctorow
Season 2 Episode 147
There’s a word that’s gained a lot of popularity in the last year: “ensh*ttification”. It refers to a trajectory many see with digital platforms: the…
7 months ago
Why Matthew Yglesias Is Skeptical Of Anti-Monopoly Policies
Season 2 Episode 146
A recent proposal by Lina Khan, co-chair of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral transition team, to cap the price of beer at stadiums in New York City sparked a…
7 months, 1 week ago
Are Big Tech’s Regulators “Cowards”? ft. Tim Wu
Season 2 Episode 145
Did you know Amazon makes $37 billion a year—more than double the revenue of all the newspapers in the world combined—from its sponsored results alon…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Economists Should Care About Inequality, with Branko Milanovic
Season 2 Episode 144
Recently, Bethany and Luigi joined economist and wealth inequality expert Branko Milanovic in front of a live audience at the Aspen Ideas Festival to…
8 months, 1 week ago
Nobel Economist Reveals Why Economic Models Keep Failing Us, ft. Richard Thaler
Season 2 Episode 143
Standard economic theory informs how we think about business strategy and the economy and presumes that people are selfish, have well-defined prefere…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About AI, with Arvind Narayanan
Season 2 Episode 142
Every major technological revolution has come with a bubble: railroads, electricity, dot-com. Is it AI’s turn? With investments skyrocketing and mark…
9 months ago
Why Capitalism Stopped Working In Japan, with Takeo Hoshi
Season 2 Episode 141
The Japanese economy was once the envy of the world. By the 1980s, it looked set to surpass the United States in size. Real estate prices were high, …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How Profit and Politics Hijacked Scientific Inquiry, with John Ioannidis
Season 2 Episode 140
Why does a podcast about capitalism want to talk about science?
Modern capitalism and science have evolved together since the Enlightenment. Advances …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Will Privatizing The Mortgage Giants Solve The Housing Crisis?
Season 2 Episode 139
This week, the Trump administration announced it would sell around 5% of mortgage giants and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and F…
10 months, 1 week ago
Trump's Great Private Equity Bailout, with Dan Rasmussen
Season 2 Episode 138
For decades, private equity has been the darling of pension funds, university endowments, and sovereign wealth funds, promising high returns and low …
10 months, 3 weeks ago