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OpenLux: Why the Era of Financial Secrecy Needs to End

José Antonio Ocampo
The #OpenLux investigation underlines that, despite undeniable progress in terms of transparency, there is still considerable work to be done in the fight against...
News

OpenLux: Despite Reform Efforts, Luxembourg Remains an “Offshore Hub in the Heart of Europe”

Antonio Baquero
Dozens of foreign citizens linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds, organized crime, and tax crime have opened companies in Luxembourg, seemingly without raising...
News

Fahmi Quadir: “Short Sellers are Always an Easy Boogeyman”

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview with ProMarket, short-seller Fahmi Quadir, who has shorted companies like Wirecard and Valeant, discussed the public perception of short-sellers and what...
Antitrust and Competition

How the FTC Protected the Market Power of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Stacy Mitchell
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were established in the 1960s to control drug costs but have since morphed into one of the most highly concentrated...
Money in Politics

Recovering from Kleptocracy: A 10-Step Program

Larry Diamond
In his book Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency, Larry Diamond highlights 10 steps to close existing loopholes in the...
Antitrust and Competition

Market Power and Money in Politics

ProMarket writers
A Stigler Center webinar explores how businesses lobby and compete for political power and whether mergers and industry concentration affect lobbying.  Firms compete in markets,...
Money in Politics

Is Corporate Personhood to Blame for Money in Politics?

Elizabeth Pollman
Just because corporations are “legal persons” doesn’t mean that they should get all of the same rights as human persons. Yet over the past...
Money in Politics

How American Corporations Used Courts and the Constitution to Avoid Government Regulation

Adam Winkler
Since the early days of the Republic, corporations have turned the Constitution itself into a shield against unwanted regulation of the economy. So long...
Money in Politics

Systemic Corruption in America Spans Political Parties

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview with ProMarket, Sarah Chayes, author of the book On Corruption in America, discussed corruption in the US and how incoming administration...
Antitrust and Competition

The Non-Revolving Door Between the SEC and the Plaintiffs’ Bar

Alexander I. Platt
Nowhere does the “revolving door” spin more quickly than at the Securities and Exchange Commission. But, even at the SEC, not all doors spin...
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