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Piketty on the Covid-19 Crisis: “It Is High Time to Use This Opportunity to Counter the Dominant Ideology and Significantly Reduce Inequality”

In an interview with ProMarket, Thomas Piketty speaks about his new book, the role of ideology as a driver of inequality, and...
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Election Timetabling Is Not the Role of Judges

As wrong as it is that the Wisconsin elections were held under patently unsafe conditions, it is not the place of the courts to...
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The Electoral Effect of the Virus: How the Coronavirus Is Impacting Democratic Primaries

Compared to 2016, turnout was 22 percent higher (on average) for states voting on Super Tuesday, before Covid-19 emergency measures in the United States....
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The Virus Outbreak Changed the Democratic Primaries: Sanders Is Running on Borrowed Time

Joe Biden swept Florida, Illinois, and Arizona on Tuesday, jumping ahead to 1,173 of the 1,991 delegates he needs to win the presidential nomination....
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Can Google Mobilize Its Users to Lobby Elected Officials?

Google has an 87 percent market share in the search business and the potential to mobilize more voters than the Democratic primaries, according to...
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“The Question Is Whether We Live in a Democracy or a Corporate State”

In an interview with ProMarket, Goliath author Matt Stoller discusses the political choices that led to the downfall of the American antimonopoly movement and the “addiction to...
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Who Won the Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel Responds

A panel of ProMarket writers and editors met to watch the third Democratic Debate. Find out what they thought about it.   
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Democratize Work

Isabelle Ferreras, Julie Battilana, Dominique Méda
An excerpt from a new book, Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, advocates democratizing firms and decommodifying work.
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Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Enforcement, Inflation and Corporate Greed: What do we know?

Tommaso Valletti, Luigi Zingales, José Azar, Thomas Philippon, Jan Eeckhout, Basile Grassi, Cristina Caffarra
At a recent Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) event, panelists, including the Stigler Center's own Luigi Zingales, reflected on the roles...
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Antitrust and Competition

Data is Abundant But is it Accessible to Researchers?

Utsav Gandhi
Despite the wide availability of data, ensuring independent access to data sources has never been more crucial. How can researchers engage in...
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Antitrust and Competition

Private Labels in Online Marketplaces

Radostina Shopova
On their store shelves, Walmart has its own products under the "Great Value” brand, and Tesco has its own “Everyday Value” products....
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Antitrust and Competition

Bolsonaro’s reelection may become a setback for ESG in Brazil

Stephanie Tondo
Social pressures, market forces and elected leaders influence corporate decisions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Journalist Stephanie Tondo examines the...
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