Read: What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma

Michelle Martin discusses the book What Went Wrong with Capitalism with Ruchir Sharma, Chairman of Rockefeller International and renowned author. Sharma unpacks how government interventions, bailouts, and easy money have created "socialized risk," distorting markets and alienating the public. Explore his fixes to rebalance state support and free markets. Discover insights into capitalism’s struggles in the US and Europe and the transformative role of AI in reshaping labour and productivity. Sharma also highlights lessons from Asia’s economic models and their varying degrees of state intervention. The conversation begins with Sharma sharing how Singapore's influence on his formative years growing up also shaped the book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.