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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Historical Comparison Shows the Extent of Growth in Political Contributions From Big Donors

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More than a third of total contributions raised by presidential candidates from both parties in the 2016 race come from donors who gave more...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Record Concentration of Political Donors

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41.3 percent of the money raised by the Cruz campaign and by PACs and Super PACs backing his candidacy came from donors who gave...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Talk: Corporate Governance in an Era of Shareholder Activism

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The Stigler Center will host a panel on the prevalence of shareholder activism and how to improve corporate oversight on May 3rd.  Shareholder activism has experienced...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The US Government Loses As Much As $111 Billion Annually Due to Corporate Tax Dodging

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Report: For every dollar spent on lobbying, the 50 largest corporations received more than $4,000 in government support. The US government is losing as much...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Talk: Uber and the Future of Work-On-Demand

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David Plouffe,  board member and Chief Advisor at Uber, is coming to give a talk at the Stigler Center. Within seven years, Uber has managed...
Antitrust and Competition

Stigler Center Talk: Bo Rothstein on What Makes Scandinavian Countries Non-Corrupt

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Oxford’s Bo Rothstein, one of the most influential political scientists in the world today, will discuss the historical experience of Scandinavian countries in eradicating...
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Unusual Debate at Davos: Lobbying, Maximizing Shareholder Value and the Duty of CEO’s

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BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink: “We can tell a company to fire 5000 employees tomorrow, or tell a company to do something that maybe is bad for...
Antitrust and Competition

Millennials Believe in Free Markets and Want a Scandinavian Welfare State

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Millennials may view socialism more favorably than their parents, but their definition of socialism is very different than that of previous generations.  Millennials may view...
Rent seeking

Putting the Client Last: A Former Investment Banker Explains How Clients are Being Systemically Sucker-Punched

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“It is when our clients are the most fragile that we make the most money.” Part two in a series of columns by anonymous...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Heirs of John D. Rockefeller Divest from Fossil Fuels, Slam Exxon Mobil as “Morally Reprehensible”

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The Rockefeller Family Fund announced on Wednesday that it will be divesting entirely from fossil fuels, due to the industry’s stance on climate change.   The...
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