Natasha Sarin
Inequality
Inequality Has Increased Far Less Than You Think (If You Consider Social Security Benefits)
In the United States, Social Security accounts for nearly 60 percent of the total wealth of the bottom 90 percent. Once Social Security is...
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Coronavirus
Lifting Lockdown Measures Won’t Bring Back Lost Jobs, New Study Suggests
A new paper examines data on local outbreaks in South Korea and finds that even in the absence of lockdowns, an increase...
Bailout
What Comes Next for Economic Policies to Combat Covid-19? A Conversation Between Six Booth Faculty
As the Covid-19 crisis evolves from a temporary shock into what seems like a long-term catastrophe, six finance scholars from Chicago Booth—Douglas...
News
A New Stigler Center Case Study Explores the Link Between Italy’s Morandi Bridge Disaster and Crony Capitalism
Two years ago, the Morandi bridge collapse claimed 43 lives. Based on financial statements, Italian government documents, and interviews with independent experts...
News
Few Bad Apples? New Study Finds That 40 Percent of Officers in a Large Police Force Are Discriminatory
A new paper seeks to examine whether police misbehavior is concentrated or diffuse by identifying whether highway patrol officers in Florida are...
COMMENTARIES
Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Wirecard, Shale Oil, and the Fall of Chuck E. Cheese
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.
Capitalisn't
Should Small Businesses Consider Bankruptcy? A New Capitalisn’t Reading List
The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on most businesses, but it has been especially hard on small businesses. Should those businesses...
Coronavirus
The Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Impatience. But America Will Need Patience in the 2020 Election
The proliferation of mail-in voting is likely to make knowing who won the election take much longer than Americans are used to....
