Commentary

Bail In Universities to Fix the Student Loan Crisis

Universities should take some responsibility for the student debt they produce. Benedikt Koehler offers several potential solutions for governments and higher education institutions to...

Reclaiming The Antitrust Law Of Potential Competition Mergers

In order to discuss the Meta/Within merger decision, it is important to understand the legal underpinnings and history of competition merger cases. Most mergers that...

Why “The Jury’s Out” on the Government’s Case Against Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued Google, claiming it runs its digital ad business to unfairly advantage its own...

An Excessive Evidentiary Burden Sunk the FTC’s Case Against the Meta/Within Merger

In early February, a district court judge rejected the FTC’s preliminary injunction suit to block Meta’s purchase of Within, a developer of a virtual...

What Are The Media For?

In response to ProMarket's debate about the Twitter Files and the roles of social media and traditional media, Surya Gowda argues that a more...

How Financial Contracting Could Help the Police Force Manage Its Aims More Effectively

Hamid Mehran proposes funded deferred pay, an incentive structure to mitigate the risk and costs of police misconduct. To be sure, police are doing a...

The Real Danger of the Twitter Files

The Editor-in-chief of the Italian news publication Domani shares his concerns about what's been left out of the controversial Twitter Files conversation regarding social...

The FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Will Force Questions Over the Scope of its Authority

To understand why a proposed rule could spark a Supreme Court battle over the Federal Trade Commission’s powers to regulate the American economy requires...

Bethany and Luigi’s 2022 Book Recommendations

Capitalisn't hosts Luigi Zingales and Bethany McLean offer their recommended books from 2022 for ProMarket readers. Economist Luigi Zingales and journalist Bethany McLean read a...

Corporations Are Not “We the People”

The Citizens United ruling contradicts the Founders, decades of Supreme Court precedent and the will of the American people. There is nothing in the text...

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