{"podcast":{"title":"Capitalisn't","slug":"capitalisn-t-910873","podcast_index_feed_id":910873,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XytPkydI","website_url":"https://capitalisnt.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2e7c76ad-7ecc-479b-8749-f0cb2f4f2dc5/448252be-b0dd-4ca9-94e2-d1edc241d7ba/3000x3000/capitalisn_t_updated_s2_v3.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"University of Chicago Podcast Network","episode_count":242,"summary":"We investigate how capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by economist Luigi Zingales and business journalist Bethany McLean, our podcast explains why capitalism can go wrong and what we can do to fix it. Send us your questions or comments by emailing capitalisntpod@gmail.com Cover photo attributions: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/research/stigler/about/capitalisnt.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873"},"episode":{"title":"Can We Build a Middle Class Without Factories? - ft. Dani Rodrik","slug":"can-we-build-a-middle-class-without-factories-ft-dani-rodrik","published_at":"2026-01-22T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873/can-we-build-a-middle-class-without-factories-ft-dani-rodrik","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873","url":"https://capitalisnt.com/episodes/can-we-build-a-middle-class-without-factories-ft-dani-rodrik-a4mURZWa","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/afp-920658-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/912f8fce-96d2-4583-92f5-2279c08e377a/episodes/73a9fa06-c741-4014-8ea0-f80f4815cfe5/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=912f8fce-96d2-4583-92f5-2279c08e377a&awEpisodeId=73a9fa06-c741-4014-8ea0-f80f4815cfe5&feed=XytPkydI","summary":"Is the era of manufacturing-led growth officially over? In this episode, Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales sit down with Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard and author of Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World. Rodrik argues that we have \"no other choice\" but to look toward the service sector to anchor our future economy.","meta_description":"Is the era of manufacturing-led growth officially over? In this episode, Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales sit down with Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Prof…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2496,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capitalisn-t-910873/episodes/can-we-build-a-middle-class-without-factories-ft-dani-rodrik/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873/can-we-build-a-middle-class-without-factories-ft-dani-rodrik.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}