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Antitrust and Competition

How to Save American Middle-Sized Businesses from the Coronavirus Supply-Chain Crisis

Matt Stoller
Congress passed an $8.3 billion spending bill to address the coronavirus epidemic, but the bill will not protect small companies. Republican Senator Marco Rubio put forward...
Academic Capture

Are the Findings in Academic Economic Journals to be Trusted?

Abel Brodeur
A growing number of studies provide evidence that editors (and referees) of academic journals often publish only findings showing a significant effect or surprising...
Income Inequality

American Oligarch: Michael Bloomberg Reveals His One Remaining Path to the Democratic Nomination

Asher Schechter
Michael Bloomberg's only real path to the nomination was always a contested convention, where he could be able to further leverage his wealth and...
Commentary

Who Won the South Carolina Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel's Analysis

ProMarket writers
Is Bernie Sanders inevitable, and is Michael Bloomberg doomed? Which candidate would be best suited to avoid a recession in the US? A ProMarket...
Antitrust and Competition

How Regulators and PwC Fooled Reporters—Again

Francine McKenna
Is the PCAOB really investigating PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its role in the Mattel auditing mess? I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt it....
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The SEC’s Shareholder Voting Reform Runs Counter to Attempts at Democratizing Corporate America

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The SEC should drop its proposed changes or modify them so that they are less onerous and less damaging to the rights of shareholders...
Commentary

Sanders Is Leading the Democratic Primaries, but Don't Bet on an Open Convention

David Lawsky
Bernie Sanders is a polarizing front-runner, but there are many reasons to believe the Democratic convention this summer is unlikely to repeat the drama...
Antitrust and Competition

How Google and Facebook Made Digital Advertising Markets Increasingly Opaque to Protect Their Dominance

Filippo Lancieri
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority, barriers to entry are so high that not even Amazon is a real threat to Google...
Academic Capture

The Most Persistent of All Zombie Ideas: That Taxing the Wealthy Is Destructive to the Economy

Paul Krugman
Economics can’t tell you what values to have. It can, however, shed light on what to expect from policy that reflects any particular set...
Antitrust and Competition

The Trump Administration Attacks the Stigler Report on Digital Platforms

Luigi Zingales
President Trump’s 2020 Economic Report finally confronts the issue of antitrust enforcement both in the traditional economy and in the digital one. While it...
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