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Tune in to the 2026 Stigler Center Conference: “Can Capitalism Be Popular?”

The Stigler Center is hosting its annual conference all day April 16. This year's conference explores whether capitalism can be popular in the United States in the 21st century.

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November 6-7: Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference 2026: Crony Capitalism in 21st Century America (call for papers due June 1)

Can AI Catch Cartels Across Borders?

Yoan Hermstrüwer and David Imhof

A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners

Luis Armona and Adam Rosenberg

India’s AI Market Regulation Risks Falling on Dated Ideas

Abhineet Nayyar

Academic Economists Have an Ethics Problem

Kate Conlow

China’s New “Safe Harbor” Antitrust Rules Offer Less Safety Than Suggested

Yin Hu

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Minimum Wage

Matthew Lucky

The Shortcomings of Merger Policy Based on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

Eric Dunaway, Ana Espinola-Arredondo and Felix Munoz-Garcia

Rule of Law Backsliding May Not Hurt Trade—And Why That’s a Problem

Janka Deli

How Race Shapes Americans’ Views of Fairness and Trade

Daniel Lobo and Ryan Brutger

Happiness Among Americans Plummeted During Covid. It Has Not Recovered Since

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Tune in to the 2026 Stigler Center Conference: “Can Capitalism Be Popular?”

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Free Speech Protections Boost Innovation

Federal Agency Independence Is in Jeopardy. Right When It Has Started to Matter

Market Failure, Not Technology, Is Slowing the Green Transition

Chinese Car Exports to the EU Exemplify the Role of Data and IP in Trade Relations

Can AI Catch Cartels Across Borders?

A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners

India’s AI Market Regulation Risks Falling on Dated Ideas

Academic Economists Have an Ethics Problem

China’s New “Safe Harbor” Antitrust Rules Offer Less Safety Than Suggested

Featured Stories

Free Speech Protections Boost Innovation

Federal Agency Independence Is in Jeopardy. Right When It Has Started to Matter

Market Failure, Not Technology, Is Slowing the Green Transition

Chinese Car Exports to the EU Exemplify the Role of Data and IP in Trade Relations

Announcements

Can AI Catch Cartels Across Borders?

A New Firearms Tax Design Could Reduce Homicides Without Costing Gun Owners

India’s AI Market Regulation Risks Falling on Dated Ideas

Academic Economists Have an Ethics Problem

China’s New “Safe Harbor” Antitrust Rules Offer Less Safety Than Suggested

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Minimum Wage

The Shortcomings of Merger Policy Based on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

Rule of Law Backsliding May Not Hurt Trade—And Why That’s a Problem

How Race Shapes Americans’ Views of Fairness and Trade

Happiness Among Americans Plummeted During Covid. It Has Not Recovered Since

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