Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRevealing the Secret Architects of Capitalism, with Chris Hughes
Season 2 Episode 135
After the 2008 financial crisis, and especially after the COVID pandemic of 2020, an increasing number of Americans are questioning the wisdom of unr…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How The Democrats Lost Labor And Found Capital, with David Sirota
Season 2 Episode 134
The Democratic Party has become too focused on appeasing its billionaire donors and has failed to communicate its commitment to the working class, ar…
8 months, 1 week ago
Why Cliff Asness Believes Markets Are Getting Dumber
Season 2 Episode 133
Are financial markets becoming less efficient? Famous investor Cliff Asness certainly thinks so. In his paper published last year, “The Less-Efficien…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How Democrats Forgot To Be Normal, with Joan Williams
Season 2 Episode 132
Back in 2016, Joan Williams, distinguished professor of law (emerita) at UC Law San Francisco, wrote an essay for the Harvard Business Review on why …
9 months, 1 week ago
Lina Khan's Vision of Capitalism
Season 2 Episode 131
Lina Khan recently concluded her term as one of the Biden administration’s most controversial leaders. Her tenure as chair of the Federal Trade Commi…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Economics of Law Firms’ Resistance to Trump, with John Morley
Season 2 Episode 130
The rule of law is essential to the flourishing of liberal democracy and capitalism. Yet, it is now under pressure in the United States, and corporat…
10 months ago
Profit or Purpose? OpenAI's $300 Billion Question, with Rose Chan Loui
Season 2 Episode 129
All too often, capitalism is identified with the for-profit sector. However, one organizational form whose importance is often overlooked is nonprofi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Silicon Valley Turning Fascist?
Season 2 Episode 128
Silicon Valley’s traditionally Democratic tech leaders are turning toward President Donald Trump, but are the reasons as straightforward as lower tax…
11 months ago
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, …
11 months, 2 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 d…
1 year ago