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Antitrust and Competition

Fixing a Broken Antitrust Regime

Hal Singer
In her new book Antitrust, Senator Amy Klobuchar explains the origins of US antitrust law, diagnoses how the nation got derailed from the legislative...
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...

Serving Shareholders Doesn’t Mean Putting Profit Above All Else

Oliver Hart
The time has come for companies, economists, and society to abandon the argument that the only responsibility of business is to maximize profits. Editor’s note:...
Antitrust and Competition

Should Facebook Pick a Side?

Matt Perault
Boycott organizers want Facebook to “pick a side” and align its corporate operations with aggressive activism on issues such as racism and social justice....
Reading List

Political Economy, NBER Meetings, Gender Norms: How Alberto Alesina’s Research Changed Economics

Alberto Bisin
Since the beginning of his career, Alberto Alesina has been a tireless proponent of the cross-contamination between economics and political science, psychology, and cultural...

What We’re Reading Archive

Asher Schechter
J.D. Scholten on How to Revitalize Our Broken Food Systems -  05.01.20 How the Parties Play the Coronavirus Response Game in Congress -  05.01.20 Exxon Posts Its First...
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

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...
Income Inequality

Angus Deaton: Today’s Inequalities Are Signs That Democratic Capitalism Is Under Threat

Angus Deaton
At the launch of the IFS Deaton Review, a 5-year review of rising inequalities in the UK, Sir Angus Deaton decried extreme inequality and the...
Antitrust and Competition

The Unprecedented Power of Digital Platforms to Control Opinions and Votes

Robert Epstein
In Chapter 6 of our Digital Platforms and Concentration conference ebook, a research psychologist who, with an associate, discovered the search engine manipulation effect (SEME)...
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The publication of the Stigler Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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