Capitalisn't
Hosted by Luigi Zingales · University of Chicago Podcast Network
4.6from 1,097 ratings
- 254
- Episodes
- 79
- Transcribed
- 1,097
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Capitalisn't
We investigate how capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by economist Luigi Zingales and business journalist Bethany McLean, our podcast explains why capitalism can go wrong and what we can do to fix it. Send us your questions or comments by emailing capitalisntpod@gmail.com Cover photo attributions: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/about/capitalisnt.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Podcast Network
- Category
- business · government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Dec 2017
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
79 of 254 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Why Congress Protects Car Dealers More Than Elon Musk - ft. Eric Zwick
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So if you read the book, I struggle a little bit because what I would like to have an answer to is the question of is this accumulation of wealth good overall for the economy. It's certainly good for the people accumulating the wealth. But is it good for the economy or not? And why people make... such an extraordinary amount of money is that they are extraordinarily lucky? Is they're extraordinarily creative? Or is that the system is not really competitive and they take advantage of that? At the end of the day, I come with a very mixed view, but I would like to know your view. After doing this analysis, what do you come down to? […]
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- Eric Zwick
- Mariana Mazzucato
- Luis Garicano
- Daron Acemoglu
- Renée Jones
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