Mar 26

Is Everyone Getting Adam Smith Wrong? - ft. Glory Liu

Most people associate Adam Smith with free markets and “the invisible hand”. But does this conventional narrative purposefully ignore Smith’s deep suspicions about monopolies and power? Georgetown assistant professor Glory Liu argues this narrow interpretation is actually a delib ... Show More

31m 3s

Mar 12

Why Human Progress Is Not Inevitable - ft. Carl Frey

We tend to view technological advancement as an unstoppable force that naturally improves our living standards over time. From the printing press to the internet, modern society assumes that groundbreaking ideas will always find their way into the marketplace. However, beneath th ... Show More

41m 43s

Mar 5

The Hidden Economic Dangers Of Supreme Court Overreach - ft. Steve Vladeck

For decades, Americans viewed the Supreme Court as an impartial referee standing above the political fray. However, public trust in this vital institution has recently plummeted to historic lows. Many observers blame a surge in ideological rulings that align with the party of the ... Show More

50m 23s

Mar 2025

Ep105. Neoliberalism: The Ultimate Disorderer? With George Monbiot

Forget Christianity, Judaism, New Age Spirituality, and Buddhism, a new type of religion drives 21st century Western thought. It goes by the shadowy name of Neoliberalism: the commodification of everything; Markets and the private sector ascendent; The deliberate attempt to reduc ... Show More

53m 40s

Jan 2025

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (w/ Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report

The year 2008 signaled to many the weak foundations of modern capitalism in the hands of the greedy, untethered financial sector—the “vampire squid” investment banks as journalist Matt Taibbi called them. Rising from the ashes of the crash, these banks used government money—”s ... Show More

59m 40s

Jul 2020

Central Banks Cannot Print Jobs: Understanding Real Economic Recovery, feat. Daniel Lacalle

Today on the Brief: Social media apps get caught in geopolitical tensions Pitchforks around the Paycheck Protection Program Brazil blocks Binance Our main discussion is with Daniel Lacalle. Daniel is chief economist at Tressis and is the author of numerous books including ... Show More

1h 5m

Jun 2024

How to Fix Capitalism

Is capitalism broken? A growing number of Americans think so amid declining social mobility and rising inequality. According to investor Ruchir Sharma, author of What Went Wrong With Capitalism, the United States has gone on a decades-long debt binge, with too many regulations an ... Show More

42m 24s

Feb 2025

VULTURE CAPITALISM UNVEILED: Grace Blakeley on the Oligarchs' Grip on Our Economy

In this episode, Max and Nafkote interview Grace Blakeley, an economist and author, about the rise of oligarchy and the relationship between billionaires, corporations, and the state.Grace discusses the close relationship between the American political establishment and the billi ... Show More

24m 5s

Mar 2025

Oren Cass on the Invisible Hand

Modern economics was built on ideas spelled out by Adam Smith in his 18th ... Show More

23m 19s

Apr 2025

"Big Short" Inspiration Steve Eisman on 2008 vs. Today: Are We Heading for Another Financial Crisis?

In this insightful clip from MM, Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings sit down with Steve Eisman, the legendary investor who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis and was portrayed in "The Big Short." Eisman shares his expert perspective on the current state of ... Show More

13m 39s

Feb 2025

How America Ceased to Be the Land of Opportunity (with Yoni Appelbaum)

This week, Nick and Goldy are joined by journalist and historian Yoni Appelbaum to discuss his forthcoming book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. They explore how decades of failed economic policies and zoning regulations have ... Show More

44m 5s

Feb 2021

Episode 91, 'How to Save the World from Financialisation' with Grace Blakeley (Part II - A Green Future, Further Analysis and Discussion)

'History has ended, and capitalism is the last man standing. The innovations and freedoms enjoyed by the Global North have shown that the free market is the only viable economic system; it is almost impossible to imagine a coherent alternative.' This w ... Show More

26m 59s

Oct 2024

Mark W. Geiger, "Floor Rules: Insider Culture in Financial Markets" (Yale UP, 2024)

Are financial markets lawless and irrational? It may seem that way from the outside, but for market insiders there are multiples sets of rules that they break at their peril. Official rules set by law or by the exchanges exist alongside unofficial rules, or floor rules. Between ... Show More

1h 13m

Revealing the Secret Architects of Capit...