Capitalisn't
Episodes
The Case That Could End Super PACs - ft. Larry Lessig
Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig argues that Super PACs stem from the lower court's SpeechNow decision, not the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, making them legally vulnerable.
The Workplace Is a Dictatorship? - ft. Elizabeth Anderson
Bethany McLean and Luis Zangalis discuss the work ethic’s religious origins and its evolution into a tool for corporate control.
Why Congress Protects Car Dealers More Than Elon Musk - ft. Eric Zwick
Hosts Bethany McLean and Lucia Zingales discuss Eric Zwieg’s book, The Everywhere Millionaire, which argues that America’s wealth is concentrated…
Can Capitalism Serve the Common Good? - ft. Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Mazzucato argues that markets are designed choices rather than natural phenomena, proposing a "common good" framework to replace the current…
The One Thing That Could Decide If AI Takes Your Job - Ft. Luis Garicano
Hosts Bethany McLean and Luisa Zingales discuss Luis Garicano’s book "Messy Jobs," arguing that AI will automate clean, verifiable tasks but struggle with messy, relational work.
Can Liberalism Survive This Kind of Capitalism? - ft. Daron Acemoglu
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu discusses his book, "What Happened to Liberal Democracy," arguing that liberal elites abandoned working-class prosperity…
How Washington Privatized The Capital Market - ft. Renée Jones
Bethany McLean and Luis Zangalis discuss Rene Jones’s book, "Untain Unicorns," which argues that deregulation, not public market overregulation, allows startups to stay private for decades.