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Back to SearchThe 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 …
2 years, 9 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 (Stan…
2 years, 9 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 D…
2 years, 10 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…
2 years, 10 months ago
Is American Inequality a Myth? With Sen. Phil Gramm
Season 2 Episode 76
In his recent book "The Myth of American Inequality," former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (along with co-authors Robert Ekelund and John Early) challenges…
2 years, 10 months ago
Reinventing Democracy, With Hélène Landemore
Season 2 Episode 75
What if we harnessed the collective wisdom of the crowds and delegated democratic leadership to the masses?
In her book "Open Democracy: Reinventing P…
2 years, 11 months ago
Is Technological Progress Good For Everyone? With Daron Acemoglu
Season 2 Episode 74
In his new book, "Power and Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity", renowned MIT Professor of Economics Daron Acemoglu (wit…
2 years, 11 months ago
Can Labor Markets Save Capitalism? With David Autor
Season 2 Episode 73
On this episode, our hosts Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales sit down with renowned MIT economist David Autor to discuss the impact of technology, la…
3 years ago
Has ‘Thinking Like An Economist’ Distorted Our Politics?
Season 2 Episode 72
It is hard to think of an idea more central to capitalism than economics, particularly economic efficiency. Similarly, public policy is now — and has…
3 years ago
Raghuram Rajan: Why The Banking Crisis Isn’t Over
Season 2 Episode 71
Several questions continue to swirl around the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its larger implications. In this special episode, Chicago Booth’s …
3 years, 1 month ago