Can Capitalism Fix What It Breaks?

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Aug 7, 2026 · 23m

Daniel's been wrestling with a question that cuts to the heart of modern capitalism: can the profit motive actually fix the problems it creates? This episode traces the evolution of formal philanthropy from Andrew Carnegie's libraries to Sir Ronald Cohen's impact investing revolution, and asks whether attaching financial returns to social good can ever work at scale. We dig into the mechanics of impact multiples, the additionality problem, Goodhart's Law, and what alternatives exist—from mission-driven public-private hybrids to Patagonia's radical ownership structure. If the market only…