Reinventing Democracy, With Hélène Landemore
What if we harnessed the collective wisdom of the crowds and delegated democratic leadership to the masses?In her book "Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the 21st Century", Yale political s...
1 Juni 202347min
Is Technological Progress Good For Everyone? With Daron Acemoglu
In his new book, "Power and Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity", renowned MIT Professor of Economics Daron Acemoglu (with co-author Simon Johnson) argues that the benefits...
18 Maj 202352min
Can Labor Markets Save Capitalism? With David Autor
On this episode, our hosts Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales sit down with renowned MIT economist David Autor to discuss the impact of technology, labor markets, and immigration on wage inequality and...
4 Maj 202350min
Has ‘Thinking Like An Economist’ Distorted Our Politics?
It is hard to think of an idea more central to capitalism than economics, particularly economic efficiency. Similarly, public policy is now — and has been for a while — conducted in the language of bu...
20 Apr 202348min
Raghuram Rajan: Why The Banking Crisis Isn’t Over
Several questions continue to swirl around the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its larger implications. In this special episode, Chicago Booth’s Raghuram Rajan – former Governor of the Reserve Ban...
6 Apr 202337min
Are The Twitter Files A Scandal?
Read ProMarket's ongoing coverage of the Twitter Files, including the research summary of the Twitter Files prepared by Stigler Center Research Professional Utsav Gandhi in preparation for this episod...
30 Mars 202341min
SVB: The End of Banking as We Know It?
We had initially prepared an entirely different episode for today, but last week's Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the largest in U.S. history since 2008, meant a quick change of plans.What happened? Wh...
16 Mars 202353min
The Capitalisn't Of Consulting: McKinsey And Beyond
Revisit:When the Profit Motive Kills, with Anand Giridharadas, on Capitalisn'tWhy the US Government Buys Overpriced Services From McKinsey, by Matt Stoller in ProMarket Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWiz...
2 Mars 202350min
