Ep14 “‘A Pound Of Flesh’ And Student Debt” with Sheila Bair
President Biden has promised sweeping debt relief to millions of student loan borrowers. In this episode of All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions, hosts and finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jule...
19 Loka 202224min
Ep13 “Does Regulation Help or Hurt Consumers?” with Maureen Ohlhausen
Conventional wisdom tells us that we need regulators to ensure quality work in certain professions. But do consumers really benefit as much as they think from government regulation?In this episode of ...
5 Loka 202227min
Ep12 "Corporations as Job Security Providers"
Corporations are often characterized as evil entities that exploit workers. But in fact they enable firms to provide job security and thus serve the important role of minimizing risk for individual em...
21 Syys 202220min
Ep11 "Is Bankruptcy the End?" with Jim Millstein
Does filing for bankruptcy spell the end for a company? Or is there another way to look at corporate financial distress?In this episode of All Else Equal: Making better decisions, hosts and finance pr...
7 Syys 202228min
Special Episode: What’s Wrong with Buybacks?
Are buybacks bad for business? Should firms buy dividends instead, or just not make payouts?In this episode of All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions, hosts and finance professorsJonathan Berk and Ju...
10 Elo 202220min
Ep9 "When is a Business Decision a Mistake?" with Hadley Mullin
As leaders, how do we know when we've made a mistake? Is it as simple as evaluating whether the outcome was good or bad? In this episode of All Else Equal: Making better decisions, hosts and finance p...
12 Heinä 202222min
Ep8 "Why Capitalism Works" with John Cochrane
Competitive markets don’t produce the same level of prosperity for everyone, but economist John Cochrane thinks they give us something more important — incentives.In this episode of All Else Equal: Ma...
7 Kesä 202231min
Ep7 "Can Investors Effect Social Change?"
How can investors play a part in accomplishing social change? In this episode of All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions, hosts Jules van Binsbergen and Jonathan Berk explore what strategies are avail...
3 Touko 202225min
