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The Biden Presidency

In November 2020, Joe Biden was elected to be the 46th President of the United States. What will his presidency look like? What issues will his administration tackle? Catch up on ProMarket's coverage of the Biden presidency.

Antitrust and Competition

Of Antitrust and Patents: the Quiet Return of the Status Quo at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division

Allen Grunes
Without Senate-confirmed political leadership, the Department of Justice quietly reverts to an Obama-era policy that favors Big Tech.
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Antitrust and Competition

Morale At the DOJ’s Antitrust Division Has Plummeted. Here’s How to Fix It

John Newman
The Biden administration should work to reverse the declining morale since a re-energized Antitrust Division will translate into more effective, innovative enforcement...
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Antitrust and Competition

What Would Lina Khan’s FTC Nomination Mean For the Future of Antitrust Enforcement?

Asher Schechter
If confirmed, Khan’s nomination potentially heralds a profound shift in the way that antitrust law is enforced and discussed in the US.
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Antitrust and Competition

What the Biden DOJ Can Learn From the Clinton and Obama Years on How to Tackle America’s Monopoly Problem 

Allen Grunes
The Clinton DOJ attacked international cartels. The Obama DOJ prioritized merger enforcement. The Biden DOJ needs to focus on America’s monopoly problem.
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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...
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Capitalisn't

Income-Driven Repayment Provides a Way to Offer Student Loan Forgiveness to Those Who Need It the Most

Constantine Yannelis
Direct loan cancellation is not the only policy option to lower student debt. If policymakers want more targeted loan forgiveness, aimed at lower income...
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Coronavirus

Angus Deaton: “There’s Something Clearly Wrong With Our Corporate System, in Which Pharmaceutical Companies Are Allowed to Kill People for Money”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton outlined what he believes the incoming Biden administration should do: introduce price...
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Antitrust and Competition

What Should the Biden Administration’s Antitrust Agenda Look Like? A Roundtable

Asher Schechter
How will US antitrust policy look under President Joe Biden? We caught up with four antitrust experts—Jonathan Baker, Zephyr Teachout, William Kovacic,...
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News

President-Elect Joe Biden and the Real Lessons of DuPont

Guy Rolnik, Roy Shapira
Simply talking corporate America into being more responsible is not enough. It may get corporations to talk the talk, but not to...
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Antitrust and Competition

Three Steps the Biden Administration Should Take to Tackle America’s Monopoly Problem

Daniel A. Hanley
The Biden Administration can revive federal antimonopoly enforcement after 40 years of little action, even when faced with congressional opposition. Here’s how. 
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The Road to Hayek: A Comprehensive History of Neoliberalism’s Forefather

Bruce J. Caldwell, Hansjoerg Klausinger
In their first of two volumes, economic historians Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger access new archival material to explore the first fifty...
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News

International Policymaking Must Evolve

Paul Tucker
In this Q&A about his new book for ProMarket, Paul Tucker explains the changing global order and the need for academics, policymakers...
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ESG

Capitalism Does Not Require a Tradeoff Between Planet and Profit

Alessio Terzi
Critics of capitalism claim that the economic system incorrigibly encourages the exploitation of the planet and is thus incompatible with efforts to...
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Academic Capture

Event Notes: Academic Bias Under the Microscope

Andy Shi
That scholarship often reflects conscious and unconscious biases has long been an open secret in academia. On April 22, Professors Christian Leuz,...
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Commentary

Corporations Are Not “We the People”

Geoffrey R. Stone
The Citizens United ruling contradicts the Founders, decades of Supreme Court precedent and the will of the American people.
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Antitrust and Competition

Too Many Economists Are Using a Flawed Theory To Defend Dominant Platforms’ Self-Preferencing Practices

David J. Balan
Congress is currently considering two major bills that would regulate “self-preferencing” and related conduct by dominant digital platforms. Criticism of these bills...
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Antitrust and Competition

Unfair Methods of Competition

Cory Doctorow
The FTC’s new policy on unfair methods of competition is an assertion of the original purpose of the agency, allowing it to...
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