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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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How Lobbying Led to Crony Capitalism, with Brody Mullins

24 Oct 2024
43m
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Mailbag: UBI, AI, and Does Luigi Believe in "Free Time"?

10 Oct 2024
37m
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Harris vs. Trump: The New Economics of “Vibes”

03 Oct 2024
40m
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Can Democracy Coexist With Big Tech? with Marietje Schaake

26 Sep 2024
45m
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Universities and Politics: Should They Mix? with Hanna Gray

12 Sep 2024
46m
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Raj Chetty's Surprising New Insights On How Children Succeed

29 Aug 2024
51m
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The End of Google As We Know It?

15 Aug 2024
51m
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Dani Rodrik on the New Economics of Industrial Policy

01 Aug 2024
45m
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The Economic Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood, with Jonathan Haidt

18 Jul 2024
48m
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Immigration in America: Data and Myths, Revisited With Leah Boustan

04 Jul 2024
36m
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Joseph Stiglitz's Vision of A New Progressive Capitalism

20 Jun 2024
49m
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Capitalism-Was: What Happened to the American Dream? With David Leonhardt

06 Jun 2024
48m
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The Money Behind Ultra-Processed Foods, with Marion Nestle

23 May 2024
47m
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The Economics of Student Protests

09 May 2024
35m
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Is Private Credit In The Public Interest? with Jim Grant

25 Apr 2024
48m
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This episode explores the burgeoning private credit market, questioning whether it represents a beneficial evolution of capitalism or a potential source of systemic risk. Against the backdrop of increased regulation on traditional banks following the 2008 financial crisis, private credit has experienced exponential gro...

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Ralph Nader's Capitalism

11 Apr 2024
48m
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The New Business Of News, with Ben Smith

28 Mar 2024
49m
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Poverty in America: Terrible Scourge or a Measurement Error?

14 Mar 2024
48m
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When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything, with John Coates

29 Feb 2024
49m
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Is Short Selling Dead? With Jim Chanos

15 Feb 2024
50m
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