NEW on #Capitalisnt: @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social's John Ioannidis joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss the relationship between capitalism and science & its future, and how both will have to respond to contemporary politics.
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NEW on #Capitalisnt: @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social discuss the Trump admin's plans to sell around 5% of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What would it mean for these #GSEs to go public?
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Rogoff discusses his book with @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social on this week’s #Capitalisnt episode: www.capitalisnt.com/episodes/can...
NEW on #Capitalisnt: Journalist @davidsirota.com joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social to discuss how the Democratic Party has failed its commitment to the working class and how populist rage against its leadership is a “long overdue” opportunity.
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NEW: In a new @nber.org working paper, John M. Barrios, @lancierifilippo.bsky.social, Joshua Levy, Shashank Singh, @tomvalletti.bsky.social, and @zingales.bsky.social explore the impact of various conflicts of interest on readers’ trust in academic research findings.
NEW on #Capitalisnt, investor Clifford Asness joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss how financial markets have changed due to new technologies and macroeconomic trends and how investment strategies must adapt.
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To understand how the Democrats abandoned the working class, listen to our conversation with @JoanCWilliams about her latest book. www.capitalisnt.com/episodes/how...
Competency porn alert: @linamkhan.bsky.social not only knows her shit, but can communicate complex issues in way that makes them matter to normal people!!!! TY @bethanymclean.bsky.social & @zingales.bsky.social for a great interview. capitalisnt.com/episodes/lin...
How does the economics of Big Law affect their ability to fight Trump’s executive orders? We discuss this with @YaleLawSch Professor John Morley
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At #StiglerAntitrust25, Chicago Booth professor @zingales.bsky.social explains how market concentration limits independence: Journalists and even lawyers are pressured to stay silent to protect future work.
Watch the full discussion: youtube.com/watch?v=csRnSnd07Gs
OpenAI’s continued pursuit to restructure to a for-profit corporation has been fraught with drama. Is it a “textbook case of altruism vs. greed,” as the judge overseeing the case declared? @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social discuss on a new #Capitalisnt tomorrow. Subscribe now:
Thanks. Very interesting
NEW on #Capitalisnt: As Washington and Silicon Valley power players seem to embrace the philosophy of "Dark Enlightenment," Bethany and Luigi explain what it means, tracing it from its origins to practical manifestations in Elon Musk’s DOGE and the race to develop AI.
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@zingales.bsky.social confronts the reality of a press owned by a billionaire, as he elaborates on his call to boycott the Washington Post’s op-ed section in response to owner Jeff Bezos decision to restrict what’s published.
Learn more about his invitation to boycott: promarket.org/2025/03/05/t...
To paraphrase @zingales.bsky.social ...Unfortunately, there is no more opportune time to save capitalism from the capitalists.
No better place to have this discussion than UChicago, @stiglercenter.bsky.social and @promarket.bsky.social
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Did NIMBYs kill the American dream?
The Atlantic’s @yappelbaum.bsky.social joins @zingales.bsky.social and
@bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss how mobility has made homeownership more difficult. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/capit... #econsky
NEW: Nobel Prize-winning economist Eugene Fama argues that #Bitcoin is fundamentally flawed and predicts it has a near-certain chance of becoming worthless within a decade in conversation with @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social on the #Capitalisnt podcast.
Chicago Booth’s Eugene Fama—a Nobel laureate sometimes called the “Father of Modern Finance”— explains his skepticism about the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, via #Capitalisn't with @bethanymclean.bsky.social & @zingales.bsky.social www.chicagobooth.edu/review/capit... #EconSky #bitcoin
Eugene Fama, widely considered the “Father of Modern Finance,” predicts #Bitcoin’s demise as the Trump administration moves toward pro-crypto policy. Listen now to an all new #Capitalisnt, co-hosted by Bethany McLean and @zingales.bsky.social.
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On Tuesday, Bethany and I will interview Gene Fama about Bitcoin and cryptos for #Capitalisnt. Please send us your burning questions
NEW on @capitalisnt.bsky.social:
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social (@harvard.edu @wzb.bsky.social) joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social & @zingales.bsky.social to discuss how big money has contributed to democratic decline. #Capitalisnt
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New research from Stewart & McClure (@chicagobooth.bsky.social) and Kepler (@stanfordgsb.bsky.social) shows that thousands of large M&As bypass #antitrust review because current regulatory thresholds ignore intangible assets like IP and customer data. www.promarket.org/2024/12/18/h...
A vast majority of Americans own corporate equity but have no voice in the value choices companies make. With Oliver Hart and Helene @landemore, we propose a mechanism to give them a voice that is feasible, economical, and politically neutral www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
