Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchImmigration in America: Data and Myths, Revisited With Leah Boustan
Season 2 Episode 107
If democracy is a social contract, why don’t we allow everybody who is willing to sign it? Why don’t we have open borders for immigration?
In their bo…
2 years ago
Joseph Stiglitz's Vision of a New Progressive Capitalism
Season 2 Episode 106
In the last 60 years, few economists have contributed more to exposing the failures of capitalism than Joseph Stiglitz. Formerly the chief economist …
2 years ago
Capitalism-Was: What Happened to the American Dream? With David Leonhardt
Season 2 Episode 105
Is the famed American Dream still attainable for the immigrants and working class of today? What made America the land of opportunity — and if it isn…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Money Behind Ultra-Processed Foods, with Marion Nestle
Season 2 Episode 104
Critics of the food industry allege that it relentlessly pursues profits at the expense of public health. They claim that food companies "ultra-proce…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Economics of Student Protests
Season 2 Episode 103
Over the last few weeks, university politics has captured headlines as students across the country occupy sections of their campuses and demand that …
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Private Credit In The Public Interest? with Jim Grant
Season 2 Episode 102
The meteoric rise of private credit over the last decade has raised concerns among banks about unfair competition and among regulators about risks to…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ralph Nader's Capitalism
Season 2 Episode 101
"The only true aging is the erosion of one's ideals," says Ralph Nader, the former third-party presidential candidate who just turned 90 after more t…
2 years, 3 months ago
The New Business Of News, with Ben Smith
Season 2 Episode 100
Given the recent mass layoffs, acceleration of media consolidation, continued decline of local journalism, and rapid uptake of generative AI, the new…
2 years, 3 months ago
Poverty in America: Terrible Scourge or a Measurement Error?
Season 2 Episode 99
Perhaps the biggest evidence that capitalism in America doesn’t work, at least not for everyone, is growing income inequality and the persistence of …
2 years, 4 months ago
When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything, with John Coates
Season 2 Episode 97
In his recent book, "The Problem of Twelve: When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything," Harvard law professor John Coates sheds light on t…
2 years, 4 months ago