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Capitalisn’t: Why capitalism needs journalism
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steven Pearlstein talks with hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales about how changes in the media industry have altered journalists’ relationships with the companies they cover.
Given an out, people still fall back into debt
Research finds that keeping people out of debt traps isn’t as simple as paying off their loans.
How to build a better network
In a series of six videos, Chicago Booth’s Ronald S. Burt explains how networks behave and why network structure is so important.
Capitalisn’t: The Financial Assassin
On this episode of the Capitalisn’t podcast, hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales argue about short sellers and their role in the market.
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