AI is coming for your job; AI isn't coming for your job. Economist Luis Garicano thinks both camps are asking the wrong question.
Aug 27
1 hr
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.
Aug 13
53 min
Amazon went public three years after it was founded. SpaceX stayed private for 24 years. What changed and why does it matter?
Aug 6
48 min
The GOP is often associated with free-market fundamentalism, deregulation, and tax cuts. But a new faction on the right is challenging that consensus.
Jul 30
46 min
Were the foundations of American governance engineered to protect the wealthy? Harvard Law professor Michael Klarman argues that the US Constitution was actually a counter-revolutionary coup to constrain democracy rather than protect it.
Jul 16
50 min
Is personal finance rigged against ordinary people? Economists argue the system rewards the wealthy and financially savvy at the expense of everyone else.
Jul 2
49 min
Free trade was never actually free? That's the case Katherine Tai, Joe Biden's former U.S. Trade Representative, brings Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales this week.
Jun 18
51 min
Many people think corporate personhood is the problem behind many issues in law and politics. This guest argues it might actually be the answer.
Jun 4
46 min
How does a free, decentralized, volunteer-run encyclopedia produce something more trusted than nearly any for-profit institution?
May 28
43 min
Are stagnant wages the hidden price tag of a broken healthcare system? On this week's Capitalisn't, Yale health economist Zack Cooper argues that the U.S. healthcare market is failing because of structural flaws like employer-sponsored insurance, which hides true costs from consumers.
May 21
1 hr
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