Matt Perault
Matt Perault is the director of the Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a professor of the practice at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, and a consultant on technology policy issues. He previously worked as an associate professor of the practice at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and as a director of public policy at Facebook.
Antitrust and Competition
Frances Haugen’s Leaking of the Facebook Papers Will Hurt Decision-Making at Tech Companies
Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s assurances that Facebook will continue its research program, it seems almost inevitable that the company will narrow the scale and scope...
Antitrust and Competition
Should Facebook Pick a Side?
Boycott organizers want Facebook to “pick a side” and align its corporate operations with aggressive activism on issues such as racism and...
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Fiscal Policy
More than Economics, Ideology Determines US Voters’ Preferences for Redistribution
The US stands out among developed economies for its comparatively low level of redistribution as a percentage of GDP. Gustavo de Souza...
Research
Stakeholder Motivations for “Private Sanctions” Against Russia
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, a new study measures stakeholders’ desire to see their firms exit Russia and...
Big Tech
The Wicked Problem Embodied by The Twitter Files
In response to a recent ProMarket post about the Twitter Files, professor Tom Ginsburg points out that the toughest question lies in...
News
Study Shows Universal Bank Trades Are Informed by Private Commercial Borrower Information
New research by Rainer Haselmann, Christian Leuz, and Sebastian Schreiber finds evidence suggesting that German banks with commercial lending relationships improve their...
News
Industrial Policy Is a Seductive Mirage
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
Antitrust and Competition
Antitrust Deregulation is Undermining Innovation
A 2000 amendment to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act made it easier for firms to merge without notifying US antitrust authorities. In new research,...
Commentary
The Real Danger of the Twitter Files
The Editor-in-chief of the Italian news publication Domani shares his concerns about what's been left out of the controversial Twitter Files conversation...
