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Academic Capture

Tainted Philanthropy in Higher Education

Jasmine Banks
Our institutions of higher education should apply appropriate ethical and academic standards when considering financial donations; otherwise, they risk promoting the private interests of...
Antitrust and Competition

US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security

Matt Stoller
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Regulatory Capture

Who Benefits When State Governments Award Incentives to Politically-Connected Companies?

Allison Koester
A new study finds that a company is nearly four times more likely to receive an economic incentive in a state where the company...

The Weekly Briefing Archive 2019 (Jan-June)

Asher Schechter
  What’s Not to Like About the EITC? Plenty, It Turns Out -  06.28.19   Low-Wage Workers Are Being Sued for Unpaid Medical Bills by a Nonprofit Christian...
Antitrust and Competition

“The Digital Robber Barons Kill Innovation”: the Stigler Center's Report Enters the Senate

Luigi Zingales
In a letter submitted to the record by the US Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust currently investigating Big Tech, Luigi Zingales expounds on the Stigler...

The Weekly Briefing Archive 2018

Asher Schechter
An Open Letter Regarding Harassment and Discrimination in the Economics Profession - 12.28.18   Mark Zuckerberg Declares Victory At the End of a Brutal Year for Facebook:...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Making Your Vote Count: Does the Voting Behavior of Asset Managers Truly Reflect Their Clients’ Interests?

Mikael Homanen
In the past five years, thanks to growing public pressure, there has been increased attention on the voting behavior of asset managers. As a...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (October 20-27)

ProMarket writers
Corporate executives warm up to Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro; the US is developing into a “plutocracy,” says former Fed chairman; Tim Cook...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (October 1-7)

ProMarket writers
Brazil's business community rallies around far-right authoritarian; Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh enters the Supreme Court; Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15 an hour;...

The Weekly Briefing Archive 2016

AdamMoore
The Weekly Briefin​g Archive 2016​   Weekly Briefing Archive 2018 Weekly Briefing Archive 2017   Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant -  12.31.16   DuPont Hit With $2 Million...
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