Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy 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, …
1 year, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, acc…
1 year, 4 months 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…
1 year, 5 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 tha…
1 year, 5 months 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 b…
1 year, 6 months 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…
1 year, 6 months 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 S…
1 year, 6 months 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 s…
1 year, 7 months 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—an…
1 year, 7 months ago