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Asher Schechter

ProMarket's former deputy managing editor. As a journalist, he has mostly covered issues related to the intersection between politics and the economy, such as antitrust, corruption, lobbying and social movements. Prior to joining the Stigler center, he worked for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz-TheMarker, where he was a senior features writer and still writes as a political columnist. He is the author of Rothschild: The Story of a Protest Movement (2012, Hakibbutz Hameuhad-Sifriat Poalim Publishing Group), a nonfiction book covering Israel’s social protests of 2011, and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper (New York Hub). He previously hosted The Cost of Doing Business, a twice-weekly podcast about business and economics in Israel. You can follow him on Twitter at @asherschechter.
Regulatory Capture

Could the Fed Have Rescued Lehman Brothers? Q&A with Laurence Ball

Guy Rolnik
A new study argues that the Federal Reserve could have saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy, but chose not to, partly because of political pressures.  Eight-and-a-half years ago,...
Regulatory Capture

Could Blockchain Technology Alter the Balance of Power Within the Financial System? Q&A with David Yermack

Asher Schechter
"Blockchain technology is threatening to remake the financial system from the top down in a way that threatens the existence of all the banks,...
Rent seeking

Nobel Laureates: Eliminating Rent Seeking and Tougher Antitrust Enforcement Are Critical to Reducing Inequality

Asher Schechter
Angus Deaton: "A lot of the inequality in the U.S. comes from rent seeking. It comes from firms and industry seeking special protection or...
Antitrust and Competition

Do Mergers Benefit or Harm the Economy? Q&A with Bruce Blonigen

Guy Rolnik
A new paper finds that mergers allow firms to raise prices, but finds no evidence that they improve productivity or efficiency. Do large mergers benefit or harm consumers? Over...
Antitrust and Competition

The Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership: Q&A with Martin Schmalz

Guy Rolnik
Martin Schmalz, assistant professor of business administration and finance at the University of Michigan, speaks about the anti-competitive effects of common ownership, a situation in...
Regulatory Capture

Is China Succeeding in the War Against Corruption? Q&A with Bernard Yeung

Asher Schechter
In the past four years, China has been waging the biggest anticorruption campaign in its modern history. Is it working?  In the past four years, the...
Regulatory Capture

Can the Euro Be Saved? A Stigler Center Panel Pits Skepticism Versus Optimism

Asher Schechter
Joseph Stiglitz: "it may be necessary to abandon the euro to save the European project." Markus Brunnermeier: “the situation is improving. The structural reforms really worked,...
Regulatory Capture

The Euro Crisis and The Clash of Ideologies: Q&A with Markus Brunnermeier

Asher Schechter
Brunnermeier, co-author of the recent book The Euro and the Battle of Ideas, participated in our November 30 event on the future of the euro...
Antitrust and Competition

When Did Americans Stop Being Antimonopoly? Q&A with Richard R. John

Asher Schechter
Columbia professor Richard R. John explains the history of U.S. monopolies and why antimonopoly should not be conflated with antitrust. For more than two centuries,...
Antitrust and Competition

How Will Antitrust Policy Look Under President Trump? Q&A with The Capitol Forum’s Teddy Downey

Guy Rolnik
Will President Trump go after Silicon Valley, or block the AT&T-Time Warner merger? Teddy Downey, CEO and executive editor of The Capitol Forum, explains how...
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