Daron Acemoğlu
Money in Politics
Democracy and Economic Growth: New Evidence
Democracy sees higher GDP due to greater civil liberties, economic reform, increased investment and government capacity, and reduced social conflict.
(Note: this post originally appeared in VoxDev.org)
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Economic History Series
When Milton Friedman Sided With Keynes Over Hayek on Inflation
In an excerpt from his book Samuelson Friedman: The Battle Over the Free Market, Nicholas Wapshott explores the disagreements between Friedman and...
Antitrust and Competition
Countering Employer Monopsony Power With Fundamental Labor Rights
Labor policies grounded in the fundamental rights of workers can reinforce the aims of a proposed labor antitrust agenda by limiting a...
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Call for Applications: The Stigler Center Affiliate Fellowship
The Stigler Center is seeking candidates for its inaugural Affiliate Fellows program.
The George...
Antitrust and Competition
How the Rise of Labor Market Power Helps Explain the Fall of US Manufacturing Employment
A new working paper explores the increase in labor market power in the US and what’s driving it. It shows manufacturing workers...
Economic History Series
How Manufacturing’s Lobby Won and Lost its Political Influence
What happens when supporting capitalism hurts capitalists? Do business lobbies ever control the economy to the extent we think they do? The...
Antitrust and Competition
How Apple Locks Out the Competition with Its Digital Key
Apple’s efforts to dominate the contactless payments market and lock up the “digital key” space pose a profound threat to consumer privacy...
Antitrust and Competition
The Dawn of Antitrust and the Egalitarian Roots of the Sherman Act
While it isn’t particularly controversial that concentrated economic power was a legislative target of the Sherman Act, when read as a corollary...
