Breaking the Fever
Alison Taylor & Jérôme Tagger
Your hosts are Alison Taylor and Jérôme Tagger
Breaking the Fever is produced by Fiorella Lavorgna - www.bevocal.eu
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S2-00 I Power shifts
Breaking the Fever
04/21/22 • 2 min
Hosts:
Alison Taylor - Ethical systems
Jérôme Tagger - Preventable surprises
Breaking the Fever is produced by Fiorella Lavorgna - www.bevocal.eu
11/04/21 • 64 min
We discuss:
- How David got interested in the evolution of positive or prosocial cultural change
- The intellectual tradition of individualism
- The idea of society as an organism
- Why natural selection at the smallest scale is socially disruptive
- The game of Monopoly as an illustration of multilevel selection theory
- Polycentric governance in a nutshell
- Archipelagos of knowledge
- The spread of new norms, like those constituting the Me Too movement, online and off
- Elinor Ostrum’s Nobel Prize-winning core design principals of effective groups
- How nations approximate Ostrum’s core design principles
- The problem with the invisible hand, neoliberal model of globalization
- Changing norms in tight versus loose cultures
David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He applies evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life, both in his own research and as director of EvoS, a unique campus-wide evolutionary studies program that recently received NSF funding to expand into a nationwide consortium. His books include Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives, and The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time and Does Altruism Exist? Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
04/16/21 • 57 min
We discuss:
- How monopoly, competition dynamics, and instrumentalist thinking affect ESG investing
- Ways ESG investing has been shaped by the pandemic
- The problem with the idealized, abstract, self-interested logic of economics
- What good corporate regulation looks like in a contentious political climate
Denise Hearn is co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition—named one of the Financial Times’ Best Books of 2018 and endorsed by two Nobel Prize winners. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and a thought partner to SheEO. She is also Board Chair of The Predistribution Initiative—a multi-stakeholder project to improve investment structures and practices to address systemic risks like inequality and climate change. Denise helped launch the First Principles Forum, a platform to support and challenge technology company founders who want to use their wealth for good—now housed at Stanford's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She has an MBA from the Oxford Saïd Business School, where she co-chaired the Social Impact Oxford Business Network and has a BA in International Studies from Baylor University.
S1-00 I Introducing Breaking The Fever
Breaking the Fever
04/30/20 • 7 min
Alison & Jérōme introduce themselves and explain the idea behind the Breaking The Fever webinars, which this podcast will carry in audio form. They also highlight their aspirations for the series and explain the type of guest you can expect to hear on it.
S2-09 I Financial markets, democracy and power with Jim Leitner
Breaking the Fever
11/10/22 • 59 min
Starting from his experience in Russia after the end of the Soviet Union, moving to his observations on ancient Greece, and then his work examining the role of women in societal success, Jim Leitner gives us many lessons and much to chew on the question of how markets tend to reward those states that make democratic reforms.
James Leitner serves as President of Falcon Management Corporation, a family office. He established the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, an innovative Think-and-Do Tank that aims to make international human rights protections an everyday reality for marginalized communities worldwide.
Books recommendation by Jim:
Albert Herschman "Exit voice and loyalty"
Catharine A. MacKinnon "Butterly politics"
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S2-08 I on corporate governance, and power, with Nell Minow
Breaking the Fever
10/27/22 • 52 min
In this episode, Alison and Jerome engage Nell on politics, corporations and public opinion and discuss the trajectory of corporate governance since the 1980s.
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Movies on corporate governance recommended by Nell:
1 - The Solid Gold Cadillac by Richard Quine, 1956.
2 - Owning Mahoni by Richard Kwietniowski, 2003.
3 - The Big Short by Adam McKay, 2015.
S2-06 I It takes two to tango: in the life of oligarchs - with Elisabeth Schimpfössl
Breaking the Fever
07/07/22 • 41 min
But who are these oligarchs, and how do they live their lives? How did they build their wealth, and how did western capitalist elites benefit from their presence?
Alison and Jerome discuss it with Elisabeth Schimpfossl, a sociologist expert in Russian elites, power and social inequality.
Elisabeth lives in London and is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. She also taught at a number of other universities in the UK (University College London, Liverpool University, Brunel University, University of Westminster), primarily in the field of Russian/Soviet politics and history.
Russian Philanthrocapitalism and her other publications can be found on her website: https://schimpfossl.com/category/academic-publications/
Breaking the Fever is produced by Fiorella Lavorgna - https://www.bevocal.eu/
10/13/22 • 51 min
In her role, she made a number of presentations to the CEO and members of the board. But the last one she made in February 2021 - where she highlighted the discrepancies between its ESG claims and its internal procedures, and called for greater transparency and accountability in ESG investing - brought her to be fired by the company.
In the episode you will hear about Desiree's time at DWS and her experience as a whistleblower, but also about the evolution of Wall Street culture over two decades, and being a woman in finance.
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How many episodes does Breaking the Fever have?
Breaking the Fever currently has 45 episodes available.
What topics does Breaking the Fever cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Breaking the Fever?
The episode title 'S2-08 I on corporate governance, and power, with Nell Minow' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Breaking the Fever?
The average episode length on Breaking the Fever is 54 minutes.
How often are episodes of Breaking the Fever released?
Episodes of Breaking the Fever are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Breaking the Fever?
The first episode of Breaking the Fever was released on Apr 30, 2020.
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