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University of Chicago Podcast Network · Business

Capitalisn't

We investigate how capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by economist Luigi Zingales and business journalist Bethany McLean, our podcast explains why capitalism can go wrong and what we can do to fix it. Send us your questions or comments by emailing [email protected] Cover photo attributions: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/about/capitalisnt.

Episodes

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Why Human Progress Is Not Inevitable - ft. Carl Frey

12 Mar 2026
41m
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The Hidden Economic Dangers Of Supreme Court Overreach - ft. Steve Vladeck

05 Mar 2026
49m
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Adam Smith In The Age of The “Epstein Class” - ft. MP Jesse Norman

26 Feb 2026
55m
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How Inequality Distorts the Law - ft. Katharina Pistor

19 Feb 2026
48m
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Are Betting Apps Engineered for Addiction? - ft. Jonathan Cohen

05 Feb 2026
56m
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Can We Build a Middle Class Without Factories? - ft. Dani Rodrik

22 Jan 2026
41m
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Who Should The Fed Answer To? - ft. Sir Paul Tucker

15 Jan 2026
53m
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How To Fix The American Tax System - ft. Ray Madoff

06 Jan 2026
54m
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How Capitalism Became Global ft. Sven Beckert

18 Dec 2025
52m
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How to Stop “Ensh*ttification” Before It Kills the Internet - ft. Cory Doctorow

11 Dec 2025
56m
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Why Matthew Yglesias Is Skeptical Of Anti-Monopoly Policies

04 Dec 2025
57m
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Are Big Tech’s Regulators “Cowards”? ft. Tim Wu

20 Nov 2025
1h 2m
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Why Economists Should Care About Inequality, with Branko Milanovic

06 Nov 2025
46m
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Nobel Economist Reveals Why Economic Models Keep Failing Us, ft. Richard Thaler

30 Oct 2025
45m
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What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About AI, with Arvind Narayanan

16 Oct 2025
48m
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Why Capitalism Stopped Working In Japan, with Takeo Hoshi

02 Oct 2025
47m
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How Profit and Politics Hijacked Scientific Inquiry, with John Ioannidis

18 Sep 2025
48m
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Will Privatizing The Mortgage Giants Solve The Housing Crisis?

04 Sep 2025
44m
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Trump's Great Private Equity Bailout, with Dan Rasmussen

21 Aug 2025
54m
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Should Chatbots Teach Our Children? With Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan

07 Aug 2025
44m
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