regulatory capture
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...
How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media
A new study on three major social networks in China finds that tolerating small, relatively free platforms helps the Chinese government maintain sufficiently high...
Why an Antimonopoly Movement Is the Kind of Populism That Chile Needs
President Piñera's approval rating has reached a record low, not just for the Chilean democracy, but for all of South America. The rise of...
A New Capitalisn't Episode: The Controversial Tax Policies Of Emmanuel Saez
In a new episode of their podcast Capitalisn't, Luigi Zingales and Kate Waldock interview UC Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez on tax policy, the wealth...
How Do Members of Congress React to the Potential of Lucrative Private Sector Employment?
Many fear that the potential for well-paid post-elective jobs can make legislators give rewards to their future employers. A new study finds that career...
“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...
Over 60 Leading Finance Economists Ask SEC to Revise the Shareholder Voting Draft Reform
The new regulation that Security and Exchange Commissioners voted in November doesn't fix proxy advisory industry duopoly problems, but it actually makes them worse:...
New Rules on Shareholder Voting Debate: Best Readers' Comment
The draft SEC regulation on shareholder proposal and proxy advisory firms will curb the initiative of individual shareholders to improve corporate governance and transparency...
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.
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