Surveillance capitalism is not the capitalism of old, writes Harvard professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff in her new book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
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The Anticompetitive Effects of Low Interest Rates
A new study argues that declining interest rates are in fact the cause of the recent decline in competition.
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Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index Shows Americans’ Trust in Financial Institutions Increasing After Rocky Decade
Financial trust increased from 22 percent in 2008 to 28 percent at the end of 2018, according to a survey marking the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis.
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Is Amazon Violating the Sherman Act?
A new paper suggests that Amazon’s negative cash flow rapid expansion story may in fact conceal a long-term predatory pricing strategy that violates existing antitrust laws.
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Social Media Clickwraps and the “Manufacture of Consent”
A new study identifies a political economic interface design strategy that threatens privacy protections by maintaining “the biggest lie on the internet.”
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The News Media’s Business Model of Extortion
The Jeff Bezos vs. The National Enquirer scandal highlights the role that extortion may play in the business model of some news outlets.
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Rents and Inclusive Growth: A Decline in Rent Sharing Implies Growing Income Inequalities
A new study looks at the long-run evolution of rent sharing between companies and workers in the UK and finds that rent sharing has significantly decreased between 2001 and 2016, particularly among companies that enjoy monopolistic markups.
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Facebook Is a Threat to Democracy — and the US Has a Responsibility to Rein It In
Facebook and Google have failed at self-regulation. If we want to avoid an authoritarian future, we need to reduce the influence of internet platforms, writes early Facebook investor Roger McNamee, author of the new book Zucked.
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Study: Medicaid Expansion in Michigan Led to Less Financial Distress
A new study finds that obtaining health insurance coverage leads to lower unpaid debt, fewer bankruptcies, fewer evictions, fewer late payments, and higher credit scores for individuals—especially the sick.
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How Market Power Worsens Income Inequality
Inequality in stock ownership has grown considerably over the past two decades and is far more pronounced than inequality in consumption or income. A new study charts how this is exacerbated by excess market power.
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What Comes After Trickle-Down Trade Liberalization?
The United States needs to rethink its trade policy. A new report offers a blueprint, consisting of ten major reforms.
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New Empirical Studies Show: When It Comes to Productivity, Management Matters
Research has shown that studying the causes and implications of management across organizations can be of much benefit to economics.
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