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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Pension Crisis, Narcissism, and Craziness

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      OK, OK. I know I’m admittedly obsessed...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Google’s Secrets, Banking, and Boeing

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    I think I've been reading too many...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: the SEC, Tesla, and California's Housing Crisis

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    One of my ongoing obsessions is the...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Pension Problems, Funky Accounting, and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean  My three picks this week deal with...
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SolarCity’s Troubles Fuel the Religious War Around Tesla’s Future and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Musk has been saying for years that his solar business will be similar in size to Tesla’s car business, but this is not likely to...
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Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Cheap Credit, WeWork, and Fracking

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean    I'm always interested in stories about what...
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How Powerful Ideas Can Shape Society: Aaron Director and the Triumph of Nihilism

Matt Stoller
The rise of giants like Amazon and Facebook proves the long-lasting influence of Director's approach. His intellectual and political legacy is the transition of...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (December 9-16)

ProMarket writers
Congress misses an opportunity to scrutinize Google; the IRS is on life support; Johnson & Johnson reportedly knew for decades that its baby powder...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (December 2-9)

ProMarket writers
Documents released by British Parliament show Facebook’s attempts to stifle competition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no longer protects consumers; provider consolidation is driving...
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Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (November 18-December 2)

ProMarket writers
New report reveals America’s “concentration crisis”; antitrust enforcers and regulators in Europe are going after Amazon, Facebook and Google; Facebook’s ongoing Soros debacle; and...
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The Aristocracy of Talent: Business Intelligence

Adrian Wooldridge
In the following excerpt from his new book, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World, Adrian Wooldridge traces "how universities...
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Why Privacy Experts Need a Place at the Antitrust Table

Cristina Caffarra, Johnny Ryan
Antitrust enforcers have tended to stay narrowly “in their lane,” failing to engage with how data is collected and used by digital...
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Despite its flaws and limitations, Stigler’s seminal article on the theory of economic regulation remains an important piece of scholarship worthy of...
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“Old Chicago” and Freiburg: Why Ordoliberalism Was No “German Oddity”

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Both the Chicago and Freiburg schools faced systemic fragility as the crucial property of societal orders. It was this fragility that served...
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The Many Faces of Stigler’s Theory of Economic Regulation: Interest Group Politics Still Thrives—But Industry Often Comes Second

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Stigler treats industry groups as the heavyweights in regulatory contests. But surprisingly often groups of farmers and workers knock them for a...
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Why the FTC Should Consider Size in Drug Mergers

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Large pharmaceutical firms retain their dominance through size-related advantages in three areas: contracting, marketing and selling, and financing. When reviewing pharmaceutical mergers,...
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In FTC vs. Facebook, the Government Lost the First Round. It Could Still Win the Fight.

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