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Antitrust and Competition

How Robert Bork Fathered the New Gilded Age

Sandeep Vaheesan
Much like in the first Gilded Age, antitrust enforcers today are hitting labor, not capital. This is thanks to Robert Bork’s radical and influential...
Antitrust and Competition

The Limits of Private Action: What the Past 40 Years Taught Us About the Perils of Unregulated Markets

Ganesh Sitaraman
The two big ideas that animated American public policy since the end of World War II, employer-sponsored social benefits and neoliberalism, are failures. We...
Income Inequality

The Future of Capitalism and the Utopia That Never Was

Branko Milanovic
In his review of Paul Collier’s recent book The Future of Capitalism, Branko Milanovic discusses ideology, social democracy, and the "ethical world."     Paul Collier’s...
Money in Politics

Why American Voters Are Still Not Ready to Support Carbon Taxes

Ioana Marinescu
Economists and policy elites love carbon taxes, but voters dislike them. A new study suggests that ideology has a lot to do with it....
Money in Politics

How the Supreme Court Is Rebranding Corruption

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
In thirteen years of hostile decisions, the Roberts Supreme Court has done all it can to legalize corruption. With the Bridgegate case, it gets...
Money in Politics

“Following the Money” to Uncover Terrorist Organizations

Nicola Limodio
Critics have argued in recent years that financial counterterrorism is costly and ineffective. But a new Stigler Center working paper shows that it can...
Antitrust and Competition

How Reforming Antitrust Can Restore a Competitive Economy

Jonathan B. Baker
For decades, competition in America has been on the wane, leading to slower economic growth and a gaping chasm of inequality. Antitrust can help...
Antitrust and Competition

The News About Antitrust’s Impending Resurgence Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Chris Sagers
The federal antitrust agencies don’t appear to be serious about their recent Big Tech push. And given that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary...
Antitrust and Competition

How Antitrust Became Mainstream, Part 3: The Antimonopoly Political Revolution

Matt Stoller
In this third and final part of his three-part series on the resurgence of antimonopoly, Matt Stoller explains how the election of Donald Trump...
Antitrust and Competition

How Antimonopoly Was Revitalized, Part 2: Barack Obama and the End of the End of History

Matt Stoller
In this second installment of his three-part series on antitrust’s recent resurrection, Matt Stoller discusses the legacy of Obama’s presidency. The real policy for...
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