This is what happens when private equity takes over hospitals. @bethanymclean.bsky.social

"Two things can be true at the same time. Bets on AI are going to cause financial calamity. And AI is going to change the world," writes @bethanymclean.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW on #Capitalisnt: Takeo Hoshi, professor of economics at the University of Tokyo and leading expert on Japan’s financial system, joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social to discuss Japan’s lost decades of economic stagnation and missed opportunities. Listen now: capitalisnt.com

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. Listen: capitalisnt.com/episodes/how...

Excellent column from @bethanymclean.bsky.social on the latest Trump scam: getting you to invest your retirement savings in private equity and crypto. wapo.st/4ms11Op

NEW on #Capitalisnt: @c-hughes.bsky.social joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social to discuss his new book “Marketcrafters” and the government’s role in rebalancing economic power and creating fair and efficient markets. Listen now: capitalisnt.com/episodes/rev...

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. Listen now: capitalisnt.com/episodes/why...

NEW on #Capitalisnt: Former FTC Chair @linamkhan.bsky.social joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to reflect on her tenure, her vision of capitalism, and highlights the antitrust issues to pay attention to moving forward. Listen now: capitalisnt.com/episodes/lin...

Don Junior is the new Hunter Biden: How America’s First Son is cashing in on his dad’s presidency. by @bethanymclean.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...

These are strange times. archive.is/2025.05.12-0...

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:

Why Trump is deregulating in the wrong way, via Chicago Booth's Sam Peltzman, @zingales.bsky.social & @bethanymclean.bsky.social www.chicagobooth.edu/review/capit... #econsky

President Trump has directed "for every one new regulation, ten old regulations must be eliminated.” Tomorrow, a leading expert in the economics of deregulation joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss if these efforts are really efficient. Don’t miss a new #Capitalisnt.

NEW on #Capitalisnt: Former UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss the importance of university research as President Trump threatens federal funds, and other challenges universities face today. Listen now: capitalisnt.com

“Financial cognitive dissonance.” is when the market doesn't acknowledge an obvious flaw and maintains a high valuation -> Why AI Spending Reminds Jim Chanos of the Fracking Bubble, by @pkrugman.bsky.social with a reference to @bethanymclean.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

NEW on #Capitalisnt: @yappelbaum.bsky.social joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social to discuss how the American homeownership crisis isn’t about cost, but mobility, and how NIMBYs—even with good intentions—have limited access to the American Dream. Listen now: capitalisnt.com

Homeownership is often viewed as the American Dream, but has become increasingly out of reach, especially for young professionals. Tomorrow, on a new #Capitalisnt, @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social discuss how the American Dream has become an American nightmare. Subscribe now:

Over a year ago, a previous guest forecasted there would be no barriers to entry in AI. Does DeepSeek’s success prove them right? @bethanymclean.bsky.social & @zingales.bsky.social discuss the implications of AI’s rapidly changing landscape. Don’t miss tomorrow’s new #Capitalisnt. Subscribe now:

Should insurance executives be held responsible for the public's rage toward the healthcare industry? @bethanymclean.bsky.social

“We have a system in which everyone, from executives to money managers to shareholders, is guilty.” @bethanymclean.bsky.social

“We have a system in which everyone, from executives to money managers to shareholders, is guilty.” @bethanymclean.bsky.social

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 Listen: capitalisnt.com/episodes/how...

What will Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) do? We asked @fedesturze, the Argentinian DOGE who inspired Musk, what lessons he has for @elonmusk & @VivekGRamaswamy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Meeting of the paws

Isn’t it great that private equity investments have such low volatility? www.ft.com/content/22df...

Does anyone out there suffer from ChatGPT rage? How do you react when it returns increasingly incoherent responses to your increasingly frustrated prompts?

capitalisnt.com/episodes/the... What if we all got it wrong forever, and the real crisis is a precipitous population decline?