This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David Leonhardt to discuss his latest book, Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. They discuss the relationship between academic economics and the forces that sought to dismantle the mid-century consensus that promoted shared economic growth in the post-World War ... Show More
Sep 22
Gouged: How Big Tech Reinvented the Rip-Off (with Lindsay Owens)
For 150 years, the price tag made a simple and universal promise: the price you saw was the price everyone saw. Now, that promise is disappearing. This week, Lindsay Owens, President and CEO of the Groundwork Collaborative returns to discuss her new book, Gouged: The End of a Fai ... Show More
46m 15s
Sep 15
Can We Build a Common Good Economy? (with Mariana Mazzucato)
Economics teaches us to think of markets as natural forces, and government as something that should only intervene when they fail. In her new book, The Common Good Economy: How to Make Capitalism Work for Us All, economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that story is backward. She join ... Show More
42m 38s
Feb 2024
Conversation with David Leonhardt — The State of the US Economy
David Leonhardt, a senior writer at The New York Times, where he writes “The Morning” newsletter, joins Scott to discuss themes from his book, “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream.” We hear about the state of the US economy, investments that could fuel ec ... Show More
50m 16s
Aug 2019
Carlyle’s Rubenstein Talks Politics, Fed Policy and ‘The American Story’
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Carlyle Group, shares his thoughts on a variety of topics, including the 2020 presidential race, what the Federal Reserve will do next and his book “The American Story.” Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent Josh Green d ... Show More
25m 20s
May 2017
“Product, Not the Producer”
<p>DeRay, Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe are together again to talk about the most important news of the past week. Then, Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend joins DeRay to talk about parenting, women’s reproductive rights, mass incarceration and using his c ... Show More
1h 29m
Apr 2023
Larry Summers on the Politics & Economics of Envy
We turn to economist and former Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, to help us make sense of inflation, Silicon Valley Bank and what Biden should do next. Also on the agenda: why Summers believes in a politics and economics of opportunity — “not of envy.” Plus, why he thinks Am ... Show More
55m 3s
Dec 2024
David Rubenstein on the American presidency
Today on the show, co-founder of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein joins to discuss Donald Trump’s re-election, and tell Fareed about his new book, “The Highest Calling,” in which he interviews eminent historians and most of the living presidents about what it takes to occupy wh ... Show More
40m 56s