Feb 5

Are Betting Apps Engineered for Addiction? - ft. Jonathan Cohen

If a sports betting app has the data to know exactly when a user is struggling financially, should it have a legal duty to cut that person off?On this episode of Capitalisn't, we dive into the murky waters of the American sports betting explosion. We are often told that legalizat ... Show More

56m 44s

Jan 22

Can We Build a Middle Class Without Factories? - ft. Dani Rodrik

Is the era of manufacturing-led growth officially over? For decades, the path to a stable middle class was paved through industrialization, but today, even manufacturing giants like China are losing millions of factory jobs to automation.In this episode, Bethany McLean and Luigi ... Show More

41m 36s

Jan 15

Who Should The Fed Answer To? - ft. Sir Paul Tucker

Is the Federal Reserve’s independence a pillar of democracy or a convenient shield that allows elected officials to duck their responsibilities? This week on Capitalisn’t, we confront a shift in Washington after the Justice Department served subpoenas on the Fed. Joining the conv ... Show More

53m 21s

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...