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Money in Politics

While the conventional debate usually revolves around the amount of campaign donations each candidate receives (how much), we spotlight also issues such as the concentration of donations (who donates), or more stealth forms of money in politics such as lobbying.

Academic Capture

Presenting: The Stigler Center’s Report on How to Rein in Big Tech

ProMarket writers
The Stigler Center presents its policy suggestions on how to address the political and economic issues raised by the market power of tech platforms...
Money in Politics

Who Won the Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel Responds

ProMarket writers
A panel of ProMarket writers and editors met to watch the third Democratic Debate. Find out what they thought about it.   
Antitrust and Competition

The Hidden Risk in Bernie Sanders's Plan to Save Journalism: an Unholy Alliance Between Publishers and Tech Monopolists

Guy Rolnik
Sanders's plan is important and laudable, but his proposal to use a tax on targeted advertising to fund journalism is dangerous.        Donald Trump is not the...
Money in Politics

Why American Voters Are Still Not Ready to Support Carbon Taxes

Ioana Marinescu
Economists and policy elites love carbon taxes, but voters dislike them. A new study suggests that ideology has a lot to do with it....
Money in Politics

How the Supreme Court Is Rebranding Corruption

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
In thirteen years of hostile decisions, the Roberts Supreme Court has done all it can to legalize corruption. With the Bridgegate case, it gets...
Money in Politics

“Following the Money” to Uncover Terrorist Organizations

Nicola Limodio
Critics have argued in recent years that financial counterterrorism is costly and ineffective. But a new Stigler Center working paper shows that it can...
Antitrust and Competition

How Antitrust Became Mainstream, Part 3: The Antimonopoly Political Revolution

Matt Stoller
In this third and final part of his three-part series on the resurgence of antimonopoly, Matt Stoller explains how the election of Donald Trump...
Antitrust and Competition

Did Facebook and Google “Blackmail” EU Experts to Avoid Discussing Their Market Power?

Asher Schechter
A new report by the journalist network Investigate Europe claims representatives of Facebook and Google pressured members of an EU working group on fake...
Money in Politics

Study: Political Connections Lower Companies’ Tax Rates and Risk of Being Audited

Benjamin C.K. Egerod
How does the revolving door between Congress and corporate America affect the enforcement of tax policy? A new study examines how tax rates change...
Antitrust and Competition

The Political Footprint of Big Tech in Five Easy Charts

Francesco Trebbi
Big tech firms have been active in Washington since the early days of the Microsoft antitrust case, but in recent years they have increased...
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