Podcast
Insight Unpacked
Hosted by Kellogg School of Management · EN
Scientists have been warning us about climate change for decades — telling us that if we don't reduce our carbon emissions soon, life on Earth will become exceedingly difficult. And for a while, it seemed like people cared: Governments passed policies, companies made net-zero pledges, people shopped with reusable bags.
But, as it stands, global emissions are at an all-time high, and our window for dodging the worst climate impacts is closing. Why haven't we moved the needle?
Welcome to Insight Unpacked, where we delve into complex business topics and emerge with insights from Kellogg School faculty. For our third season, we look at the business of climate change, asking what happens when corporate leaders, investors, policymakers, and technologists try to make changes — and why they keep hitting a wall.
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S3E3 | Why Wall Street Slowed Its Roll on Sustainability
1w ago00:32:33Tap to summarizeA few years ago, the stock market was wild about green tech and ESG funds. And then it wasn't. We look at why in the third episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?"
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S3E2 | Why Companies Can't Keep Their Climate Commitments
3w ago00:27:16Tap to summarizeThey say they want to do better. In the second episode of "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we look at an oil company, a tech giant, and an Italian energy provider to explore why net-zero pledges have barely moved the needle.
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S3E1 | The Climate Crisis Is Here. Will We Ever Fix It?
Apr 2700:32:45Tap to summarizeSaving the planet is going to take more than net-zero pledges and shopping green. In the first episode of our series, "Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?" we take the current temperature of the climate fight.
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Introducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3
Apr 2000:02:02Tap to summarizeIntroducing Insight Unpacked, Season 3: Can We Still Build a Green Economy? In the last decade, we've seen powerful people and organizations take on the issue of climate change — making big pledges to reduce their carbon emissions by adapting their fleets, retrofitting their offices, or going paperless. And yet global emissions are still at or near record highs. So what gives? In this five-episode season, we're asking: If climate change is already reshaping our environment, is there anything that companies, investors, policymakers, technologists, and ordinary people can do to turn things around? And are we even capable of doing that? There's reason for hope. But our work is certainly cut out for us.
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S2E6 | When a Healthcare Expert Becomes a Patient
May 27, 202500:18:40Tap to summarizeIn this bonus episode of our series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," a healthcare economist must make critical decisions with partial information. Also: Do you have advice on how to be a good healthcare consumer? Any lessons you learned the hard way? Professor David Dranove wants to hear from you. Send him an email at d-dranove@kellogg.northwestern.edu, and write "shopping for healthcare" in the subject line.
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S2E5 | American Healthcare—Is This the Best We Can Do?
Jul 22, 202400:49:34Tap to summarizeIn the final episode of our 5-episode series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," we travel overseas, and through our own backyard, in search of a way forward. On this episode, we hear from Kellogg faculty members Craig Garthwaite, Amanda Starc, and David Dranove. We also talk to Murray Ross, vice president of Kaiser Permanente's Institute for Health Policy and Government Relations. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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S2E4 | The Bargain That Fuels Big Pharma
Jul 15, 202400:26:04Tap to summarizeWhat will we pay for the next groundbreaking drug? In episode 4 of our 5-episode series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," we explore the trade-off at the heart of pharmaceutical innovation. On this episode, we hear from Kellogg faculty members Amanda Starc and Craig Garthwaite, as well as Boston University School of Law's Kevin Outterson. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
Transcribe →S3E3 | The Misadventures of Insuring America
Jul 8, 202400:37:05Tap to summarizeIn episode 3 of our 5-episode series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," we explain how insurance companies became everybody's favorite villain. On this episode, we talk to Kellogg faculty members Craig Garthwaite, David Dranove, and Paul Campbell, alongside Wharton School professor Robert Lawton Burns. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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S2E2 | The Power of the Physician's Pen
Jul 1, 202400:31:10Tap to summarizeWe rely on doctors to keep us healthy. In episode 2 of our 5-episode series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," we learn at what cost. On this episode, we talk to Kellogg professors Craig Garthwaite, David Dranove, and clinical associate professor Paul Campbell about the role doctors play in the expense and complexity of the American healthcare system. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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S2E1 | The Problem with Megaproviders
Jun 24, 202400:27:50Tap to summarizeIn episode 1 of our 5-episode series, "Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives," we investigate how hospital systems got so big—and what that means for our health and our pocketbooks. On this episode, we talk to Kellogg professors Craig Garthwaite and David Dranove, and Wharton School professor Robert Lawton Burns. Dranove and Burns co-wrote the book Big Med: Megaproviders and the High Cost of Health Care in America. Visit the episode page for supplementary materials.
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