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University of Chicago Booth School of Business Podcast Series episodes:

04.08.2015
Chicago Booth Podcast - Nicholas Epley on Gender Differences
Nicholas Epley, professor of behavioral science, debunks some dangerous myths about gender differences. Prof. Epley is the author of "Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want". This talk kicked off the Annual CWiB (Chicago Women in...
03.09.2015
Entrepreneurship - Buying a Business
Dean Sunil Kumar interviews Rick Kimball,’83, about his career. Rick, a co-founder of Technology Crossover Ventures, has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for 30 years. Rick has been recognized numerous times by Forbes on its Midas List as...
01.11.2010
Chicago Booth Podcast: Faculty Panel on Ethics and Wall Street
Booth faculty members Steve N. Kaplan, Tobias Moskowitz and Luigi Zingales spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Market Forum event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets. They offered advice to MBA students about making ethical decisions on the job.
11.11.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Household Leverage and the Recession of 2007 to 2009
Associate Professor of Finance Amir Sufi talked to students at a Becker Brown Bag Series sponsored by the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory about research that suggests household leverage plays an important role in recessions.
10.28.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Inflation or Deflation?
John H. Cochrane, AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Market Forum event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets. He discusses his research on fiscal and monetary policy in 2008 – 09 as he...
10.14.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Market-Based Health Insurance Reform
AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance John H. Cochrane talked to students at a Becker Brown Bag Series sponsored by the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory about proposed solutions to public policies distorting the health care market.
06.29.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: The Future of Markets
In the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, six Chicago Booth faculty members reexamined the role of government in the economy at a special forum at the 57th annual Management Conference in Chicago. Veteran journalist Ray Suarez moderated...
05.04.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Why Regulations Must Be Consistent Across Financial and Geographical Borders
The Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank's Global Group, Malcom Knight, spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum on the need to address regulatory arbitrage across financial and geographical borders.
04.20.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Obama's Election Ushered Out Conservatism
New York Times columnist David Brooks examines the new political landscape ushered in by Barack Obama’s election. Brooks spoke at an event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets.
03.24.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: 2009 Business Forecast with Chicago Booth Faculty
This broadcast features the 2009 Business Forecast with Chicago Booth faculty members Marvin Zonis and Erik Hurst along with Michael Mussa, senior fellow at The Peterson Institute for International Economics. Held in 8 cities around the world, speakers at this...
03.03.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development
Danny Leipziger was Vice Chair of the Commission on Growth and Development which undertook a two year study of policies and strategies that underlie rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. Mr. Leipziger, who is also Vice President for...
02.22.2009
Chicago Booth Podcast: Should Executive Pay Be Regulated?
This broadcast features faculty member and former Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner talking about the financial crisis and reform. He discussed his first-hand experiences including the Bear Stearns meltdown at a Global Leadership Series event in London.
11.18.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: A Faculty panel discusses the credit crisis.
Brian Barry, John Cochrane, Steven Kaplan and Raghuram Rajan offer their perspectives on some likely consequences as well as possible steps to resolve it and lessen its impact without setting terrible precedents. The panel was the wrap-up for a four...
11.10.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: How the Free Market Emerged in Poland
Leszek Balcerowicz, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Poland, discusses transitional economies at a Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum event. Mr. Balcerowicz had an enormous influence on his country’s quick transformation from a communist to market-driven economy.
05.12.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: Is the Media Really Biased?
This broadcast features Jesse Shapiro, assistant professor of economics addressing a Becker Brown Bag Lunch for students. He shares his research into media bias and demonstrates that media demand is linked to broader economic forces.
03.16.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: Road to CEO with Bill McComb of Liz Claiborne Inc. and Andris Cukurs of Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation
This broadcast features two CEOs, Bill McComb, of Liz Claiborne Inc., and Andris Cukurs, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation. Both are GSB alumni and were participating in the Charles M. Har per Road to CEO series. They shared their views...
03.03.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: Gururaj Deshpande on the Next Wave of Technology Innovations
This broadcast features Gururaj Deshpande, the billionaire chairman of Sycamore Networks, addressing the TechVision 2008 conference which looked at key issues and trends in high tech. Deshpande predicted technology innovation will focus on energy and life sciences.
02.21.2008
Chicago Booth Podcast: Daniel Esty on how CEO’s can turn "Green into Gold"
Daniel Esty, professor of environmental law and policy at Yale University, talks about how CEO’s can turn “Green into Gold”. His remarks focus the growing trend where businesses take environmental issues into account when developing their core strategy.
12.20.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: Brady Dougan on innovation in the IBanking industry
This broadcast features the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, Brady Dougan, AB ’81, MBA ’82. Dougan discusses innovation in an industry he feels “recreates itself every 20 years or so.”
11.28.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: Former CMO of Coca Cola on the Truth About Marketing
When it comes right down to it, marketing is about making money, said Sergio Zyman, chairman and founder of Zyman Group and former chief marketing officer of the Coca-Cola Company. “My philosophy of marketing is the philosophy of business, which...
10.19.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: James Kilts: Creating a "Constant Turnaround Mentality"
This broadcast features James Kilts, MBA '74 and former CEO of Gillette. Kilts shares advice from his new book Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference – The Revolutionary Old-School Approach at Chicago Booth Global...
07.31.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: Debunking Myths About the New China
The rise of capitalism in China doesn't mean they're becoming more like the West says Tom Doctoroff, '89, CEO of J. Walter Thompson's Greater China division and author of "Billions". He discusses common mistakes corporations make when doing business in...
07.19.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: CEO Goalsetting
This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make goals specific and simple enough to enable the...
06.19.2007
Chicago Booth Podcast: Leader of the House of Lords on the Free Market
Despite fierce economic competition provided by such emerging countries as Pakistan and China, the developed world must resist the temptation to legislate economic security, according to Baroness Valerie Amos, leader of the House of Lords and lord president of the...
06.13.2007
Becker Brown Bag: How Productivity Benefits from Competition
There's nothing like a little competition to suddenly boost productivity. Competition forced miners to double the amount of iron ore they dug per hour, as told in one case study. In another, competition forced concrete companies to become more...
06.01.2007
Former President of Mexico on "the Destructive Power of Government"
Former President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, took a historical look at the risks threatening globalization's resilience. Currently the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Zedillo reminded attendees at the Myron Scholes Global Markets...
04.30.2007
Becker Brown Bag Series: Kevin Murphy on Wage Inequality
Increased demand for skilled workers has created wage inequality between those who have college degrees and those who don't in the United States, but the news isn't all bad, according to Kevin Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of...
04.23.2007
Using Microfinance to Break the Generational Cycle of Poverty
Microfinance is not as a suite of social products, it's a platform for social development through business, according to Alex Counts, president of the Grameen Foundation.
04.04.2007
Becker Brown Bag Series: How to Improve United States Immigration Policy
This broadcast features Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, University Professor of Economics and of Sociology. The GSB's Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory hosted the first in a series of lunchtime discussions. Professor Becker talks about the benefits of setting a...
02.26.2007
Global Financial Markets Forum featuring Luigi Zingales
This broadcast features Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance. Zingales is also a member of the Committee on Capital Market Regulation. He reports on the committee's findings regarding concerns that excessive regulation is stifling the...
02.09.2007
Initiative on Global Financial Markets Hosts Inaugural Forum
The long string of major financial crises that beset emerging markets from 1994 to 2002 was caused by a variety of factors, according to John Taylor, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs. Among those were countries trying...
02.08.2007
Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Marvin Zonis (Speaker 3 of 3)
At Chicago's Business School, Zonis teaches courses on International Political Economy, Leadership, and E-Commerce. He was the first professor at the Business School to teach a course on the effects of digital technologies on global business. He also consults to...
01.12.2007
Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74 (Speaker 2 of 3)
Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics. He served as Economic Counselor and Director of the Department of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 1991-2001, where he was responsible for advising the Management...
12.22.2006
Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Austan D. Goolsbee (Speaker 1 of 3)
Austan D. Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, currently works as a member of the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a columnist for the New York Times.
12.14.2006
What Makes Demographics Drive Other Trends?
Demographics are the "sleeper driver" that will affect several other trends, according to Paul Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of the board for A.T. Kearney. The author of World Out of Balance, he put demographics at the top of the...
12.01.2006
Software executive Jeff Rodek discusses alternative approach to leadership
Hyperion executive chairman chats with Dean Snyder about how his view of leadership encompasses employees.
11.28.2006
Special Chicago Booth panel on the legacy of Milton Friedman
Former students and colleagues take a look at Friedman's intellectual contributions as well as his life.
11.08.2006
UBS Invests in Efficiency of the Markets
UBS Investment Bank president Ken Moelis looks at the industry and his career.
10.20.2006
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges
Speaking at a Graduate Business Council event, Romney looked back at the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges throughout his career - from running the 2000 Olympics to providing health insurance for all Massachusetts residences.
10.06.2006
Raghu Rajan on Why are poor countries financing the rich?
Youngest IMF chief economists discusses global imbalances in savings, investments and economic growth as part of the Global Leadership Series
09.29.2006
Anne Mulcahy Tells How She Resurrected Xerox
Mulcahy spoke to students at the third USA Today CEO forum at the Hyde Park Center
07.20.2006
Steven Levitt Discusses Cases That Illustrate His Unique Take on Research
Steven Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and author of the New York Times bestseller Freakonomics, regaled the students with cases from his research. One example illustrated why Chicago emphasizes the importance of hard...
07.04.2006
Chicago's Road to China Presented by Linda Yu
Chicago ABC 7 News anchor Linda Yu discussed China's rapid growth - both its affect on global business as well as her own family's heritage - at a meeting of the International Roundtable.
06.29.2006
Nobel Laureate Gary Becker on The World Economy and Future of The Energy Market
Nobel Laureate Gary Becker suggests several options for how governments and businesses around the world could adapt to high energy prices. He spoke as part of the Global Leadership Series at an event in London.
06.28.2006
General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Offers Advice
In a Distinguished Speaker Series address May 18 at the Hyde Park Center, Pace endorsed making the most of any position.
06.27.2006
What the Red Cross and Big Business Have in Common
Katrina forces the agency to become even bigger, CEO Jack McGuire says
06.16.2006
Careers in Venture Capital
Chicago Booth MBA Career Services invited 5 panelists to describe the paths they took on the way to the positions they currently hold
06.12.2006
RadioShack CEO Claire Babrowski on how women can rise to the top
RadioShack CEO Claire Babrowski spoke at the spring conference of the Committee of 200, an organization of top female entrepreneurs and executives.
06.01.2006
54th Annual Management Conference: CEO of Credit Suisse and GSB Alum, Brady Dougan, Delivers Keynote Speech
In a question and answer session with Chicago Booth Dean Edward Snyder, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan, AB '81, MBA '82 discusses hedge funds, emerging markets in China and India, and more.
05.31.2006
Founder of Sycamore Networks Predicts Influx of Capital for India
At the Tata India Business Conference, held at Chicago Booth, founder of Sycamore Networks, Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, urges entrepreneurs to follow their convictions.

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University of Chicago Booth School of Business Podcast Series episodes:

Chicago Booth Podcast - Nicholas Epley on Gender Differences

Entrepreneurship - Buying a Business

Chicago Booth Podcast: Faculty Panel on Ethics and Wall Street

Chicago Booth Podcast: Household Leverage and the Recession of 2007 to 2009

Chicago Booth Podcast: Inflation or Deflation?

Chicago Booth Podcast: Market-Based Health Insurance Reform

Chicago Booth Podcast: The Future of Markets

Chicago Booth Podcast: Why Regulations Must Be Consistent Across Financial and Geographical Borders

Chicago Booth Podcast: Obama's Election Ushered Out Conservatism

Chicago Booth Podcast: 2009 Business Forecast with Chicago Booth Faculty

Chicago Booth Podcast: The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development

Chicago Booth Podcast: Should Executive Pay Be Regulated?

Chicago Booth Podcast: A Faculty panel discusses the credit crisis.

Chicago Booth Podcast: How the Free Market Emerged in Poland

Chicago Booth Podcast: Is the Media Really Biased?

Chicago Booth Podcast: Road to CEO with Bill McComb of Liz Claiborne Inc. and Andris Cukurs of Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation

Chicago Booth Podcast: Gururaj Deshpande on the Next Wave of Technology Innovations

Chicago Booth Podcast: Daniel Esty on how CEO’s can turn "Green into Gold"

Chicago Booth Podcast: Brady Dougan on innovation in the IBanking industry

Chicago Booth Podcast: Former CMO of Coca Cola on the Truth About Marketing

Chicago Booth Podcast: James Kilts: Creating a "Constant Turnaround Mentality"

Chicago Booth Podcast: Debunking Myths About the New China

Chicago Booth Podcast: CEO Goalsetting

Chicago Booth Podcast: Leader of the House of Lords on the Free Market

Becker Brown Bag: How Productivity Benefits from Competition

Former President of Mexico on "the Destructive Power of Government"

Becker Brown Bag Series: Kevin Murphy on Wage Inequality

Using Microfinance to Break the Generational Cycle of Poverty

Becker Brown Bag Series: How to Improve United States Immigration Policy

Global Financial Markets Forum featuring Luigi Zingales

Initiative on Global Financial Markets Hosts Inaugural Forum

Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Marvin Zonis (Speaker 3 of 3)

Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74 (Speaker 2 of 3)

Chicago Booth Business Forecast 2007: Austan D. Goolsbee (Speaker 1 of 3)

What Makes Demographics Drive Other Trends?

Software executive Jeff Rodek discusses alternative approach to leadership

Special Chicago Booth panel on the legacy of Milton Friedman

UBS Invests in Efficiency of the Markets

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges

Raghu Rajan on Why are poor countries financing the rich?

Anne Mulcahy Tells How She Resurrected Xerox

Steven Levitt Discusses Cases That Illustrate His Unique Take on Research

Chicago's Road to China Presented by Linda Yu

Nobel Laureate Gary Becker on The World Economy and Future of The Energy Market

General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Offers Advice

What the Red Cross and Big Business Have in Common

Careers in Venture Capital

RadioShack CEO Claire Babrowski on how women can rise to the top

54th Annual Management Conference: CEO of Credit Suisse and GSB Alum, Brady Dougan, Delivers Keynote Speech

Founder of Sycamore Networks Predicts Influx of Capital for India