On this recent #Capitalisnt, economist Takeo Hoshi explains how Japanese companies shifting from full-time to mostly part-time workers masked the true decline in #Japan's GDP per hour worked.

Watch the full conversation, now available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=ojXqRc6krMI

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.

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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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NEW on #Capitalisnt: Dan Rasmussen, CIO and founder of Verdad Advisers, joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social, to discuss the state of private equity, and what it means for investors, workers, and the American economy as a whole.

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Can AI limit students’ potential by locking them to their past performance? On the latest #Capitalisnt, @khanacademy.org CEO Sal Khan addresses those concerns and more about AI in education while discussing his recent book, “Brave New Words.”

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#AI’s rise in education has made cheating easier for students and harder to detect for teachers. But @khanacademy.org CEO Sal Khan shares an idea on how AI can potentially be used to curtail cheating and enhance learning. Listen to him on the latest #Capitalisnt: www.capitalisnt.com/episodes/sho...

NEW on #Capitalisnt: @khanacademy.org CEO Sal Khan joins to discuss his new book, “Brave New Words,” in which he makes the case for why education will not only survive but thrive in the age of AI and why teachers aren’t going anywhere.

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On #Capitalisnt, Kenneth Rogoff joins co-hosts Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales to discuss his new book, “Our Dollar, Your Problem,” and explains why #crypto might be the next financial crisis.

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NEW on #Capitalisnt: Economist Ken Rogoff joins @zingales.bsky.social and @bethanymclean.bsky.social to discuss his new book “Our Dollar, Your Problem” (@yalepress.bsky.social) and why the dollar’s shifting dominance matters not only for the US, but the rest of the world. Listen now: capitalisnt.com

On #Capitalisnt, Economic Security Project. chair and author @c-hughes.bsky.social joins @bethanymclean.bsky.social and @zingales.bsky.social to discuss his new book, ‘Marketcrafters,' and explains why marketcrafting isn't always a good thing.

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