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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 28–May 4)

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George Mason University faces controversy over its relationship with donors; the former CEO of Volkswagen is charged in relation to the company’s diesel emissions...
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Luigi Zingales Proposes Creation of Interdisciplinary Committee on Digital Platforms Regulation

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The Committee on Internet Platforms Regulation, proposed Zingales would be comprised of academics and experts on the industry.     At the end of the Stigler Center’s conference...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 14–April 28)

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Why has Facebook’s scandal not dented its earnings? How much are states and local governments giving to corporations in economic-development incentives? And did CFPB...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (April 7–April 14)

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This week in political economy.     Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered hundreds of questions about the company’s business model and mishandling of data and privacy...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (April 1–April 7)

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This week in political economy.       Facebook acknowledged this week that the Cambridge Analytica data breach affected 87 million users (reportedly including 2.7 million Europeans)—37...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 24-March 31)

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This week in political economy.       Still mired in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook’s terrible month became worse this week after BuzzFeed published a 2016...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 17-March 24)

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This week in political economy.     The “techlash” against digital platforms went into hyperdrive this week, as Facebook became increasingly embroiled in the Cambridge Analytica...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 10-March 17)

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This week in political economy.     A federal appeals court voided the Department of Labor's “fiduciary rule,” an Obama-era rule that instructed financial professionals like...
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The Stigler Center Dedicates Second Annual Antitrust and Competition Conference to Digital Platforms and Concentration

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The invitation-only conference will bring together economists, law scholars, intellectuals, venture capitalists, and businesspeople to debate how to promote competition in a world of...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 3-March 10)

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This week in political economy.     ProPublica has created a searchable database of 2,475 political appointees by the Trump administration, the result of “a year...
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