Digital platforms
“We Were Naïve,” Says FCC Chair Who Oversaw the Creation of Section 230
In an interview with ProMarket, former FCC chair Reed Hundt spoke about antitrust, Big Tech platforms, the future of the 1996 provision that provided legal protection...
How to Change Section 230 and Make Digital Platforms More Accountable
If elected, former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to "revoke immediately" the 1996 provision that gave tech companies like...
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: TikTok Deepfakes, Online Advertising, and the US-China Standoff
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
"Fiction is the lie through which we...
"You Can Put the Monopoly Tiger in a Cage but You Cannot Transform a Tiger Into a Vegan"
In an extensive interview with the Swiss news website TheMarket.ch, Luigi Zingales discusses ways to deal with Big Tech and the impact of the...
It Is Time to Break Up the Disney Empire
Disney is not a corporation that pushes the bounds of artistic and technological possibility but a corporation that pushes the bounds of legal possibility...
Twitter Refused to Promote the New Capitalisn’t Episode: This Is a Problem for Free Speech (and for American Health Care)
Twitter banned political ads from its platform but has full discretion in deciding what constitutes a "political ad." The Stigler Center tried to promote...
Uber’s “Academic Research” Program: How to Use Famous Economists to Spread Corporate Narratives
Uber's employees co-authored academic papers with brand name scholars that were then used to back the company's PR and lobbying strategy. Published in respected...
False Claims and Propaganda: Why Uber’s Narratives Are Wrong But Successful
Uber’s narratives reduce everything to emotive battles between good and evil. If Uber’s success is inevitable, and resistance is futile, no one needs to waste...
Why CEOs and Regulators Clash With the Duopoly of Proxy Advisory Firms
Institutional investors that own between 70 and 80 percent of the market value of US public companies often rely on investment advisers voting on behalf of...
The Uber Bubble: Why Is a Company That Lost $20 Billion Claimed to Be Successful?
In the first of three interrelated articles, transportation consultant Hubert Horan discusses Uber's "uncompetitive economics." There is no real innovation in the company's business...
