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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Oct. 19–26)

The first edition of our weekly news briefing.     ProMarket Issues in the Media "CVS Health is in Talks to Buy Aetna" (Wall Street Journal)    “Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to...

ProMarket Expands Editorial Board

Three new board members bring political science firepower to advance Stigler’s mission to understand how states and markets interact. ProMarket, the blog of the Stigler...

To What Extent Do Political Considerations Affect Finance?

In June, the Stigler Center brought together top academics for a conference on the impact of politics on finance. Ahead of our second annual...

NYC Journalists, Join Us for an Info Session on the Stigler Center’s Journalists in Residence Program

To mark the JIR program’s second year, we will hold an informational session at NYU’s Torch Club in New York on September 19.     Earlier this...

Call for Proposals: 10th Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis

The Initiative on Global Markets (IGM) and the Stigler Center are organizing a conference on the causes, as well as the key players and...

The Stigler Center’s Mediapart Case Study Now Available in French

The Stigler Center's case study focuses on the success of the French online news website and explores the economics of media companies in the face of...

The Stigler Center Launches Second Year of Journalists in Residence Program

The 12-week program, which will take place in Chicago Booth’s Hyde Park Campus, offers a transformative learning experience for working journalists seeking to deepen their...

How Financial Regulations Can Create Barriers to Entry: The Case of Cumplo in Chile

A new Stigler Center case study chronicling the story of Chile’s first crowdfunding platform and its early regulatory challenges illustrates how financial regulations can be...

"The Financialization of the U.S. Economy Has Produced Mechanisms That Lead Toward Concentration"

In this installment of ProMarket’s interview series on concentration in America, Gerald Berk from the University of Oregon discusses the political implications of concentration.  Does...

"The Connection Between Finance and Politics Has Been Under-Researched for Years"

Ahead of the Stigler Center's conference on the political economy of finance, we interviewed Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales about the motivation behind the first-of-its-kind...

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