Welcome to Great Books, Great Voices, a global podcast space where we aim to ignite a new world of community, connection, and conversation, one book at a time.
I’m your host, Diamond-Michael Scott, your Global Book Ambassador, and I invite you to settle in for a thought-provoking dialogue about the forces shaping our economic and moral future.
My special guest today is Seth Levine, venture capitalist, author, and co-creator—alongside journalist Elizabeth MacBride of a groundbreaking new book, Capital Evolution: The New American Economy, releasing December 9th.
In this urgent and hopeful work, Levine and MacBride deliver a bold reassessment of capitalism in America, not as something to discard, but to reimagine. They argue that capitalism itself isn’t broken—it’s just the outdated version we’ve been practicing that’s no longer serving us.
From widening inequality to rising populism, from climate urgency to generational disillusionment, the cracks are visible everywhere. Yet amid the disruption, they see something extraordinary taking shape: Dynamic Capitalism—a new paradigm that balances profit with purpose, innovation with inclusion, and growth with shared prosperity.
Through vivid stories of leaders like Jamie Dimon, Dan Schulman, Lisa Green Hall, and Larry Fink, Capital Evolution reveals how business, government, and citizens alike can rebuild trust and design an economy that truly works for everyone.
Today, Seth joins me to unpack the ideas behind this new economic vision, challenge some of our deepest assumptions about capitalism, and explore how we can all become active participants in shaping a future defined not by ideology but by evolution.
