Podcast Episodes

Science for Sale, with David Michaels

Season 2 Episode 86

How does science become public policy? It's not always as straightforward as it might seem. In his book "The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception," leading public health expert a…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

A Conservative Critique Of Capitalism, With Patrick Deneen

Season 2 Episode 85

In his new book, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, renowned political philosopher Patrick Deneen argues that the liberal ideology that has shaped capitalism for centuries has also failed to…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The Most Important Guidelines You Didn’t Know About, With Susan Athey

Season 2 Episode 84

As companies become increasingly big through mergers and acquisitions -- especially in technology, health care, and several other industries -- how should rules and regulations change with the times?…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Key Lessons From The “Chicago Boys” Chile Experiment

Season 2 Episode 83

Is there a fundamental tension between democratic freedom, economic growth, and social equality?

Chilean economist and UCLA Professor Sebastian Edwards joins Bethany and Luigi to discuss his recent bo…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The Evolution of Antitrust: From Brandeis To Biden

Season 2 Episode 82

A wet hot antitrust summer is in the news, mainly because of the Biden administration appointees continuing to take an aggressive approach to enforcement. Why is this important, and how has antitrust…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

An Insider's Look At ESG Revisited

Season 2 Episode 81

Republican presidential candidates, such as Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, continue to keep ESG in the national conversation. Ramaswamy in particular called it "woke capitalism" in his book and on…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Private Equity Debate Revisited

Season 2 Episode 80

In the last episode of our podcast, we had a mini version of a never-ending debate on this show: whether private equity is good or bad. Afterward we talked about doing a full episode debating the pro…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Rebooting American Health Care, with Amy Finkelstein

Season 2 Episode 79

How can public policy improve upon and fix the mess of U.S. health care? In a new book, health economists Amy Finkelstein (MIT) and Liran Einav (Stanford) argue that's the wrong question. Instead, th…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Why America's Poor Remain Poor, With Matthew Desmond

Season 2 Episode 78

"Poverty will be abolished in America only when a mass movement demands it," writes Princeton sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond in his new book, "Poverty, by America." Bui…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Bonus: Sen. Phil Gramm on Banking Deregulation

Season 2 Episode 77

Thank you to our listeners for the feedback and engagement on last week's episode with former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm. Sen. Gramm was also one of the co-sponsors of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act of 1999…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago