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Is Elizabeth Warren Right About Private Equity?

7 november 2019 · 38 min

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Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren blames private equity for many of the issues in our economy. She plans to reign it in and regulate it with her new bill the "Stop Wall Street Looting Act". On this episode, Kate and Luigi explain how private equity really works, whether it’s bad or good for society, and they dissect Warren’s proposal to regulate these firms.
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College Admission (In)Justice: Harvard and Beyond

24 oktober 2019 · 36 min

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Getting into the right college is arguably more important than ever, which has put the justice or injustice of admissions processes in the spotlight. On this episode, Kate and Luigi give a fresh perspective on a recent admissions trial involving Harvard, explain its implications for college admissions in general, and ask whether the way elite universities choose their students is an example of capitalism working or failing.
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What It Takes To Win The Nobel Prize In Economics

10 oktober 2019 · 35 min

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On this episode, Kate and Luigi explain how to win the econ Nobel, why it's important, and they attempted to predict who the 2019 winner might be. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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Economic Research: Nothing Precisely or Precisely Nothing?

26 september 2019 · 36 min

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On this episode, you're going to hear how the sausage gets made in economic research as Kate and Luigi personally investigate whether private equity is to blame for the retail apocalypse. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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Should We Let Walmart Regulate Itself?

12 september 2019 · 36 min

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In the last few weeks, we've seen two examples of seeming corporate self-regulation. One is Walmart's decision to end all handgun ammunition sales, and the other is the four largest automakers going around the Trump administration's less stringent fuel emission standards to cut a private deal with California that is closer to Obama era-emission standards. Lees meer

But there's an important overarching question to these two stories. Should companies really be taking it upon themselves to address issues when the government doesn't do a good job policing? Should these businesses be punished or praised? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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Shareholders vs. Stakeholders

29 augustus 2019 · 36 min

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Many are praising a recent Business Roundtable announcement that corporations should serve stakeholders as well as shareholders. On the surface, this may seem like a historic reversal of the status quo that has held since Milton Friedman's famous "shareholder primacy" theory was put forward in the 70s. But it's not that simple. Lees meer

On this episode, Kate and Luigi layout the history of this theory, revealing that it's really been around for as long as we've been asking the most fundamental question in business: what is the purpose of a corporation? They explore that question, and interrogate the possible underlying motives behind the Business Roundtable's decision.