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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 9–Dec. 16)

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This week in political economy.      House and Senate Republicans released the final version of their tax bill late Friday afternoon. The Washington Post breaks...
Regulatory Capture

George Stigler and How Freshwater Economics Won the Day

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Colleagues and protégés reminisce about the late George Stigler and his impact on the development of economic thought. Since they first rose to mainstream prominence in the...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 2–Dec. 9)

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The stories that most interested us this week.           David Sirota and Josh Keefe of International Business Times reveal that Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 27–Dec. 2)

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The stories that most interested us this week.         The Senate approved the Republican tax bill last night following a series of last-minute amendments, paving the way...
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Zingales: Too Much Power in the Hands of Big Tech Could Distort American Democracy

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Watch comments by Luigi Zingales from the recent AEI Panel  "Should Washington Break Up Big Tech?” The excessive concentration of power in the hands of the...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 18–26)

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The stories that most interested us this week.       The New York Times reports on the ongoing turmoil at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and...
Regulatory Capture

Chicago’s Hidden Figure: A Chat with Claire Friedland on her Work with George Stigler

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Claire Friedland, who served as George Stigler’s research assistant from 1959 until his death in 1991, reminisces about her decades of pioneering work with Stigler and...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 10–17)

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The stories that most interested us this week.     The bribery trial of US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) ended in a mistrial after the jury was not able...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 3–10)

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The stories that most interested us this week.   Following reports that the Justice Department might force AT&T to sell Time Warner’s CNN as a...
Regulatory Capture

Watch: “Stigler in the 21st Century”

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Our 40th anniversary event brought together academics and intellectuals to discuss George Stigler’s legacy. Watch the second day's sessions.      The George J. Stigler Center for the Study of...
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