{"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":"How To Fix The American Tax System - ft. Ray Madoff","slug":"how-to-fix-the-american-tax-system-ft-ray-madoff","published_at":"2026-01-06T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873/how-to-fix-the-american-tax-system-ft-ray-madoff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capitalisn-t-910873","url":"https://capitalisnt.com/episodes/how-to-fix-the-american-tax-system-ft-ray-madoff-LF0o6ucd","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/afp-920658-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/912f8fce-96d2-4583-92f5-2279c08e377a/episodes/600eecfc-1f90-4558-a292-59b8696d01c3/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=912f8fce-96d2-4583-92f5-2279c08e377a&awEpisodeId=600eecfc-1f90-4558-a292-59b8696d01c3&feed=XytPkydI","summary":"We are often told that the top 1% of earners already pay 40% of all taxes, while nearly half of Americans pay nothing at all. Legal scholar Ray Madoff argues that this statistic is a deliberate \"bait-and-switch\" designed to confuse the public.","meta_description":"We are often told that the top 1% of earners already pay 40% of all taxes, while nearly half of Americans pay nothing at all. Legal scholar Ray Madoff arg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3286,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capitalisn-t-910873/episodes/how-to-fix-the-american-tax-system-ft-ray-madoff/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/how-to-fix-the-american-tax-system-ft-ray-madoff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}