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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

Is Direct Democracy Better Able to Withstand the Influence of Special Interests?

Asher Schechter
A new Stigler Center working paper looks into the effects of referendums and public initiatives on public policy and finds that direct democracy better...
Antitrust and Competition

“Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell System Was in 1956"

Asher Schechter
Media scholar Jonathan Taplin, author of the new book Move Fast and Break Things, on the rent-seeking and regulatory capture of digital platforms. In 2014,...
Antitrust and Competition

Is There a Connection Between Market Concentration and the Rise in Inequality?

Asher Schechter
A Stigler Center panel debates: Is rising inequality connected to monopolies, rent-seeking, and concentration? The rise in wealth and income inequality has been at the forefront of...
Antitrust and Competition

Is There a Case to be Made for Political Antitrust?

Asher Schechter
After decades of approaching antitrust through purely economic analyses, are economists once again willing to take into account political considerations as well? Should political considerations...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Experts: Financial Rewards and Protections Are the Best Way to Incentivize Whistleblowers

Asher Schechter
Stephen Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center: “If your white-collar crime detection program is based on nice people having high moral values,...
Media

Can Investigative Journalism Be Profitable? France’s Mediapart Shows That It Can Be

Asher Schechter
Is investigative journalism a private or public good? A new Stigler Center case study focuses on the success of French online news website Mediapart...
Antitrust and Competition

Economists: “Totality of Evidence” Underscores Concentration Problem in the U.S.

Asher Schechter
Northeastern economist John Kwoka: "There’s really an absence of evidence to the contrary.” Concerns over rising concentration in the American economy have become increasingly prevalent...
Antitrust and Competition

Richard Posner: “The Real Corruption Is the Ownership of Congress by the Rich”

Asher Schechter
In a keynote interview during the Stigler Center’s conference on concentration in America, Judge Posner said: “You are not going to have people competing with...
Antitrust and Competition

Live Blog: "Is There a Concentration Problem in America?" – Day 1

Asher Schechter
The Stigler Center is hosting a first-of-its-kind, three-day conference in Chicago that focuses on this very question, bringing together dozens of top academics,  policymakers,...
Antitrust and Competition

“There Is No Indication That Trump Is Pro-Competition”

Asher Schechter
A new paper by economists Steven C. Salop and Carl Shapiro explores what antitrust might look like under President Trump. In an interview with...
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