https://commercialsociety.net/taxonomy/term/77/all en https://commercialsociety.net/node/413 <h2>Episode 905: The Chicago Boys I - Planet Money</h2> Chile is one of the wealthiest, most stable economies in South America. But to understand how Chile got here--how it became the envy of neighboring countries --you have to know the story of a group of Chilean students who came to study economics at the University of Chicago. A group that came to be known as the Chicago Boys. Read more Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:30:45 +0000 tlwagner 413 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/412 <h2>Episode 906: The Chicago Boys, Part II - Planet Money</h2> In the early seventies, Chile, under Marxist President Salvador Allende, was plagued by inflation, shortages, and a crushing deficit. After a violent coup in 1973, the economy became the military&#039;s problem. Read more Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:29:12 +0000 tlwagner 412 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/187 <h2>Episode 505: A Locked Door, A Secret Meeting And The Birth Of The Fed</h2> A 70-year-old man with a bad cold and many mistresses, a nation that&#039;s ambivalent about a central bank, and a secret meeting on an island. Today on the show: The origin story of the Federal Reserve. Read more Thu, 16 May 2019 20:03:57 +0000 tlwagner 187 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/154 <h2>Finance Law and Trust (Mexico)</h2> Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 19:39:15 +0000 tlwagner 154 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/153 <h2>John Hagel on trust-based relationships</h2> Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 19:34:46 +0000 tlwagner 153 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/152 <h2>Trust and Economic Growth</h2> Trust cannot be underrated as an important source of growth and economic development. Here is a look at what we know. Lesson: culture really matters! Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 19:33:00 +0000 tlwagner 152 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/151 <h2>The Secret Document That Transformed China: Planet Money</h2> In 1978, a group of farmers in a Chinese village called Xiaogang wrote a secret contract and hid it in the roof of a mud hut. Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 19:31:01 +0000 tlwagner 151 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/138 <h2>Episode 731: How Venezuela Imploded </h2> This episode of Planet Money explores the self-inflicted implosion of Venezuela&#039;s economy. Read more Wed, 15 May 2019 18:44:56 +0000 tlwagner 138 at https://commercialsociety.net https://commercialsociety.net/node/103 <h2>Importance of Institutions Brief</h2> The power of institutions illustrated. But what causes institutions? Can we change institutions? Read more Tue, 14 May 2019 12:59:36 +0000 tlwagner 103 at https://commercialsociety.net