#impact-investing
12 episodes
#2284: Who Funds VC and PE? The Hidden World of Limited Partners
Discover who actually funds venture capital and private equity—and why limited partners are the industry’s most overlooked players.
#2050: Is Impact Investing Just a Cult?
We explore the structural parallels between high-control groups and the ESG industry, from loaded language to isolation tactics.
#1513: The Death of the Passion Tax: Non-Profits Go Professional
Stop paying the "passion tax." Discover how 2026’s mission-led organizations are finally reaching salary parity with the private sector.
#1497: Is Your Company Actually Profitable or Just a Value Destroyer?
Is profit a fiction? Discover how new accounting standards are pricing air, water, and life itself directly into the corporate balance sheet.
#1487: The New Bretton Woods: Engineering a Livable Planet
Discover how the IMF and World Bank are pivoting from poverty alleviation to climate resilience and mobilizing trillions in private capital.
#1348: The Ghost in the Machine: Why Accounting Ignores the Planet
Why does the global economy feel disconnected from reality? Explore the 500-year history of the "blind spots" in our financial ledgers.
#1347: The Carbon Math Paradox: Why Climate Accounting is Broken
Why do identical emissions lead to different social costs? Explore the "carbon math paradox" and the messy reality of impact-weighted accounting.
#1341: Can You Save the World and Get Rich Doing It?
Is impact investing a revolutionary tool for scale or a threat to genuine kindness? We dive into the tension between profit and purpose.
#1338: Can Experts Put a Price Tag on Human Goodness?
Can we put a dollar value on human goodness? Explore how new accounting standards are turning social and environmental impacts into hard currency.
#922: Can We Turn Human Welfare Into a Financial Asset?
Discover how Sir Ronald Cohen transformed global finance by aligning profit with purpose through the world’s first Social Impact Bond.
#439: Beyond the Blacklist: The New Rules of Impact Investing
Is the investment "blacklist" dead? Discover how impact investing is shifting from simple exclusions to complex, case-by-case evaluations.
#97: Paying for Results: The Future of Government Spending
Herman and Corn dive into "Pay for Success." Should governments pay for activities or results? Discover the future of social impact funding.