Capitalisn't
University of Chicago Podcast NetworkWe 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 capitalisntpod@gmail.com Cover photo attributions: www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/about/capitalisnt.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 250 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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AI is coming for your job; AI isn't coming for your job. Economist Luis Garicano thinks both camps are asking the wrong question.
In Messy Jobs: The Work That AI Cannot Reach, Garicano and co-authors Jin Li and Yanhui Wu argue that all knowledge wor... more
For most of the last century liberal democracies offered a simple deal: the economy grows and, if you work hard, you get a fair shot at the rewards. According to 2024 Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu, that deal is broken.
Acemoglu joins ... more
Amazon went public three years after it was founded. SpaceX stayed private for 24 years. What changed and why does it matter?
The standard story is that companies avoid an IPO because public markets carry too many government rules and too many lawye... more
The Republican Party is often associated with free-market fundamentalism, deregulation, and tax cuts. But a new faction on the right is challenging that consensus.
In this episode, Bethany and Luigi sit down with Chris Griswold, the Policy Director ... more
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- Sports for entertainment
The question that was not asked was entertainment for whom?
Ticket prices are insane And only the oligarchs can afford to actually attend sports games today.
Shareholder capitalism that only Benefits owners has destroyed the US middle class working class poor.
Apple Podcasts1Lee Esq
United Statesa month ago - Manifests muddy thinking
I love some of their guests but the hosts are not worthy. In their unself-critical muddy thinking, everything good in capitalism stems from the system, but anything bad is an externality. They never once question whether the system’s own logics. To the contrary they take the system and ideological supports of it as givens. Also the hosts purport to be experts they often operate from uninformed assumptions: a recent episode on the value of college assumes that STEM majors are better off financial... more
Apple Podcasts1UCgradUnited States2 months ago - Stakeholder capitalism
Prior to Ronald Reagan, we followed stakeholder capitalism, which equally benefited labor, shareholders, and the community
After Reagan, we switched to shareholder capitalism, which only Benefits shareholders ~ the owners. Under this form of capitalism, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
After Reagan GDP continued to increase and wages flatlined
See the Robert Reich last semester of economics he taught at Uc Berkeley entitled “ wealth, and poverty“ on YouTube.
Also, we need to... more
Apple Podcasts5Lee EsqUnited States2 months ago - Wiki Truth?
Enjoy the show. However most recent episode (Wiki) seemed to ignore the bias in Wiki these days. Great example is origin of COVID:
The virus was derived from a bat-borne virus and most likely was transmitted to humans via another animal in nature, or during live wildlife trade such as that in food markets.
While other explanations, such as speculations that SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a laboratory have been proposed,such explanations are not supported by evidence.
Apple Podcasts4UofC Optimistic ScepticUnited States3 months ago Insightful thinking--thank you!
Podcast Addict54 months agoJanis
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This show analyzes how capitalism works in today's world, frequently challenging conventional wisdom about markets, regulation, and growth. Across recent episodes, topics include wage stagnation, private markets and deregulation, corporate power, and the political economy of innovation. Discussions often pair academic rigor with practical policy ideas, weighing reforms in taxation, education, antitrust, health care, and worker empowerment to realign incentives without sacrificing innovation. A standout pattern is the hosts' willingness to question established dogmas—whether about neoliberal orthodoxy, stakeholder versus shareholder orientations, or the balance between market efficiency and democratic accountability—while spotlighting influe... more
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