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Antitrust and Competition

A Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Facebook, One Third Supports Breaking It Up

ProMarket writers
The annual Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that 73 percent of Americans disapprove of Facebook’s policy not to fact-check political ads....
Money in Politics

Americans Report Record Level of Trust in Banks and Big Corporations, But not in the US Government

ProMarket writers
2019 Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index increases from 27.6 percent to 33.3 percent, showing the highest level of financial trust from the American...
Income Inequality

A New Capitalisn't Episode: The Controversial Tax Policies Of Emmanuel Saez

ProMarket writers
In a new episode of their podcast Capitalisn't, Luigi Zingales and Kate Waldock interview UC Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez on tax policy, the wealth...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Change Section 230 and Make Digital Platforms More Accountable

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If elected, former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to "revoke immediately" the 1996 provision that gave tech companies like...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Over 60 Leading Finance Economists Ask SEC to Revise the Shareholder Voting Draft Reform

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The new regulation that Security and Exchange Commissioners voted in November doesn't fix proxy advisory industry duopoly problems, but it actually makes them worse:...
Media

Economics Podcast Recommendations: Esther Duflo on Poverty, James Robinson on Development, and Cesar Hidalgo on Chile

ProMarket writers
ProMarket’s picks for the best podcasts covering economics, finance, and political economy. HBR Ideacast: Esther Duflo In this episode of the Harvard Business Review's weekly HBR...
Antitrust and Competition

Thomas Piketty, Chile's Political Chaos, and How to Change Capitalism for the Better: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2019

ProMarket writers
As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year.       Thomas Piketty’s long-anticipated follow-up to...
Antitrust and Competition

High-Priced Acquisitions of Tech Startups Do Not Always Stimulate More Innovation

ProMarket writers
What seems to be a big reward to innovation ultimately reduces the incentive to innovate, argues a new Stigler Center working paper by Krishna...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The New SEC Proxy Rules Will Redefine American Capitalism: Let’s Debate Them

ProMarket writers
A new SEC proposal regarding proxy advisors will make it harder for shareholders to vote against CEOs' preferences. However, there is a 60-day period...
Academic Capture

Presenting: The Stigler Center’s Report on How to Rein in Big Tech

ProMarket writers
The Stigler Center presents its policy suggestions on how to address the political and economic issues raised by the market power of tech platforms...
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