Capitalisn't
University of Chicago Podcast Network Visit website › Government · EN · 256 episodes · latest 2026-11-05
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Technology has long been the one part of the economy that never hit a wall. No society has ever run out of ideas. Joel Mokyr, the Northwestern economic historian who won the 2025 Nobel Prize for identifying what makes…
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Everyone covers the 2026 midterms like a sports match, so we pulled the candidates' actual economic platforms and stress-tested the math.
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Everyone blames Citizens United for super PACs. Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig says they're blaming the wrong case, and he is actually taking his argument to court.
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At the center of our market economy sits an institution that runs more like a dictatorship.
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For every member of the Forbes 400, there are more than 4,000 private business owners worth at least $10 million. You probably have never heard of any of them.
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The public often helps fund breakthroughs, while private companies claim all the profits. Economist Mariana Mazzucato thinks it’s time to renegotiate.
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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.
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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…
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Amazon went public three years after it was founded. SpaceX stayed private for 24 years. What changed and why does it matter?
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The GOP is often associated with free-market fundamentalism, deregulation, and tax cuts. But a new faction on the right is challenging that consensus.
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- Oldest episode in feed
- 12/2017 · over 8 years
- Typical length
- 43 min
- Format
- Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
- Keywords
- university of chicago podcast network, promarket, bethany mclean, economics, policy, finance, business, markets
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