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Event Notes: Academic Bias Under the Microscope
That scholarship often reflects conscious and unconscious biases has long been an open secret in academia. On April 22, Professors Christian Leuz, Anat Admati,...
“This Isn’t the Kind of Journalism That Serves Democracy Best”: How Place and Privilege Came to Define American News
In an interview with ProMarket, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor Nikki Usher discusses how news in the US came to be produced and...
What Is Next for Section 230 Reform?
Section 230 has faced scrutiny from President Donald Trump, the FCC, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the US Congress, and even President-elect Joe Biden,...
Central Bankers Face Potential Conflict of Interest When Writing About QE Policies
As Quantitative Easing makes a return during the global Covid-19 pandemic, its effectiveness has once again come under intense debate in both academic and...
From Borrowing to Stockpiling: How The Virus Outbreak Changed American Household Consumption
The first academic study of American consumers' reaction to the pandemic finds that total spending rose by half between February 26 and March 11,...
Are the Findings in Academic Economic Journals to be Trusted?
A growing number of studies provide evidence that editors (and referees) of academic journals often publish only findings showing a significant effect or surprising...
Why Michael Bloomberg’s Run for President Creates an Unprecedented Media Problem
The first effect of Michael Bloomberg’s campaign and of his conflicts of interest is to reduce the 2020 candidates’ accountability: one of the world's...
