Covid-19
The Covid-19 Vaccine is Nearly Here. The Question is: Will People Take It?
In addition to the challenges involved in manufacturing and distributing the new Covid vaccine from Pfizer, the reluctance of many Americans to take a...
Covid-19 Is Reducing Americans’ Confidence Across Institutions
Latest US household survey findings reveal that the Covid-19 crisis caused a sharp reduction in Americans’ confidence in institutions—whether or not they were directly...
Defying Expectations, Bankruptcy Filings Are Down During the Covid-19 Crisis So Far
Historically, bankruptcy filings have closely tracked the business cycle and unemployment rates. However, a recent study found that this relationship has reversed during the...
Antitrust as Economic Stimulus
By attacking power imbalances, competition policy can steer income to workers and independent merchants who are more inclined to spend than monopoly platforms.
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The Monopolists and the Pandemic: What Covid-19 Teaches Us About Concentrated Power
In the preface of his new book Liberty from All Masters: The New American Autocracy vs. the Will of the People, Barry Lynn explores...
“Amazon Is Getting Richer by the Moment —But There’s a Limit to How Many People Jeff Bezos Can Buy”
In an interview with ProMarket, Barry Lynn discusses the current state of American antimonopoly, what the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about the fragility...
Regulators Should Keep a Close Eye on the Little Guys in the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine
As the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine or treatment rages on, many have raised concerns over trustworthiness of clinical research and questioned whether...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Inequality, Remote Learning and the First Female Recession
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
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“The Antitrust Doctrine We’ve Seen Over the Last 40 Years Simply Does Not Match the Lived Experience of People”
In an interview with ProMarket, investigative journalist David Dayen discusses the toll that monopoly power takes on the lives of ordinary Americans and why...
Social Distancing Laws Cause Only Small Losses of Economic Activity: Scandinavian Countries as a Case Study
A new study compares the economic performance of Sweden, which avoided a government-mandated shutdown and allowed businesses to operate freely during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
