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The End of Google As We Know It?
August 15, 2024

This week we're taking a quick summer break, but in the meantime, we wanted to re-share a special episode that is relevant in the news again. With the recent federal court ruling that Google engaged i

Dani Rodrik on the New Economics of Industrial Policy
August 01, 2024

Harvard professor of international political economy Dani Rodrik has long been skeptical of what he calls "hyperglobalization," or an advanced level of interconnectedness between countries and their e

The Economic Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood, with Jonathan Haidt
July 18, 2024

In one of this year's bestselling books, "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness," New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt

Immigration in America: Data and Myths, Revisited With Leah Boustan
July 04, 2024

If democracy is a social contract, why dont we allow everybody who is willing to sign it? Why dont we have open borders for immigration?In their book "Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Im

Joseph Stiglitz's Vision of a New Progressive Capitalism
June 20, 2024

In the last 60 years, few economists have contributed more to exposing the failures of capitalism than Joseph Stiglitz. Formerly the chief economist of the World Bank and chair of the U.S. Council of

Capitalism-Was: What Happened to the American Dream? With David Leonhardt
June 06, 2024

Is the famed American Dream still attainable for the immigrants and working class of today? What made America the land of opportunity and if it isn't the same anymore, what happened to it?Joining

The Money Behind Ultra-Processed Foods, with Marion Nestle
May 23, 2024

Critics of the food industry allege that it relentlessly pursues profits at the expense of public health. They claim that food companies "ultra-process" products with salt, sugar, fats, and artificial

The Economics of Student Protests
May 09, 2024

Over the last few weeks, university politics has captured headlines as students across the country occupy sections of their campuses and demand that their schools divest from Israel in protest of its

Is Private Credit In The Public Interest? with Jim Grant
April 25, 2024

The meteoric rise of private credit over the last decade has raised concerns among banks about unfair competition and among regulators about risks to financial stability. Historically, regulated ban

An Insider's Look At ESG Revisited
August 10, 2023

Republican presidential candidates, such as Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, continue to keep ESG in the national conversation. Ramaswamy in particular called it "woke capitalism" in his book and on