Citizens United
Increased Campaign Spending Grows the Economic Pie Instead of Splitting It Up
The United States has relaxed campaign finance laws over the past few decades. As a result, there exist concerns about politicians favoring special business interests over the welfare of other constituents, such as workers. In a new paper, Pat Akey, Tania Babina, Greg Buchak, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva examine how the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission affected earnings for firms and workers, as well as political turnover and polarization at the state level.
Corporate Political Responsibility in a Captured Economy
Most attention on corporate governance has focused on businesses’ social responsibility. Claudine Schneider and Ed Dolan write that businesses need to take into account...
Survey Highlights Backlash to Increasingly Political Corporate America
A recent poll shows that 71% of Americans view large companies negatively. The change has been driven by Republicans who dislike the rise of...
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.
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What Citizens United Did Not Predict and Why It’s Time To Reconsider
Citizens United v. FEC stands in the public eye as the U.S. Supreme Court case that flooded U.S. elections with “dark money” and SuperPACs....
