regulatory capture
How Medical Licensing Drives Up Health Care Prices
The role of licensing in driving up health care costs has been almost completely ignored. The apparent explanation is that nobody can imagine that...
In a Mexican Establishment Rattled by Corruption Scandals, Impunity Reigns
High-profile scandals like Odebrecht, The Panama Papers, and Swiss Leaks have brought down powerful politicians and businesspeople across Latin America. In Mexico, however, not a...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Oct. 26–Nov. 2)
The stories that most interested us this week.
Following a tough week for the world’s dominant digital platforms, Barry Lynn and Matt Stoller of the...
Stigler on Monopolies: “Competition is a Tough Weed, Not a Delicate Flower”
Many of Stigler’s views on monopoly and antitrust were consistent through the decades. Even after his concerns of monopoly began to recede, he continued...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Oct. 19–26)
The first edition of our weekly news briefing.
ProMarket Issues in the Media
"CVS Health is in Talks to Buy Aetna" (Wall Street Journal)
“Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to...
Of Computers and Cronyism: What’s the Cause of Italy’s Productivity Problem?
The latest Stigler Center working paper from Bruno Pellegrino and Luigi Zingales argues that Italy’s sclerotic TFP growth over the past two decades has...
"What’s Happening in the U.S. and in European Countries Is a Reaction Against the Political Class"
"Despite some specifics on the national level, I would say that all the populist regimes and leaders share common characteristics," says José Ugaz, the...
George Stigler on Regulation: Lessons for Today
October 20 marks the 35th anniversary of George Stigler’s Nobel prize, the first of Booth School of Business’s grand total of eight Nobels. To...
Who Is to Blame for the 2008 Financial Crisis?
The IGM Center at the University of Chicago has asked its American and European economist panel to rate the main causes of the financial...
“In Just About Every Generation, Many People Thought the American Republic was on the Verge of Collapse”
The second installment of our two-part interview with Harvard Business School professor David Moss about his recent book Democracy: A Case Study. "One of the reasons...
