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Competition

A New Capitalisn’t Episode, Featuring Paul Krugman: A Reading List

On this episode, Kate and Luigi talk with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about his new book Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the...
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A New Capitalisn’t Episode: a Coronavirus Reading List

In this episode, Kate and Luigi give an economist's view of the coronavirus outbreak: How should we think about the economic trade-offs of interventionist...
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How to Regulate Digital Platforms: A Database

Over the past couple of years, many antitrust authorities commissioned expert groups or released working papers addressing different areas of digital policy. For the...
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Can Horizontal Mergers Actually Boost Competition?

Research by Dirk Hackbarth and Bart Taub shows the potential to merge in the future increases competition prior to merging. Hence--in contrast to the...
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With Amex Ruling, Modern IO Theory Makes Important Inroads with SCOTUS

SCOTUS Forum. In this second post in our roundtable of op-eds on the Supreme Court’s June 25 Amex decision, UChicago’s Randy Picker looks at...
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140 Years of Antitrust: "Competition" in Democratic and Republican Platforms

 In the second installment of our four-part series about the history of antitrust language in American political discourse, we review the evolution of economic language...
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Event Notes

Event Notes: “China’s Political Economy” in Review

Andy Shi
The Stigler Center's "China Political Economy" webinar series returns Thursday, February 9. Here's a reminder of what we covered in our first...
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Economic History

To Build an Equitable Economy, We Must Understand Capitalism’s Racist Heritage

Elizabeth Kennedy
American capitalism was built on racial exploitation, from the enslavement of Black people to institutionalized discrimination and its structural impact on our...
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Industrial Policy

How To Ensure Industrial Policy Promotes Public Over Private Gain

Lenore Palladino
Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...
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Fiscal Policy

More than Economics, Ideology Determines US Voters’ Preferences for Redistribution

Gustavo de Souza
The US stands out among developed economies for its comparatively low level of redistribution as a percentage of GDP. Gustavo de Souza...
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Research

Stakeholder Motivations for “Private Sanctions” Against Russia

Utsav Gandhi
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, a new study measures stakeholders’ desire to see their firms exit Russia and...
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