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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.

Antitrust and Competition

Keeping Business Alive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Government as Buyer of Last Resort

Emmanuel Saez
The government has to compensate businesses and workers for their losses so that each business can re-emerge almost intact after the hibernation due to...
Antitrust and Competition

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: the Pandemic’s Long-Term Consequences

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      Of course, this weekend's list is mostly...
Commentary

The ECB Can Save the Italian Economy and Prevent a New Euro Crisis Triggered by Covid-19 Fallout

Olivier Blanchard
The Italian government's effort to contain the coronavirus will have significant economic consequences. Italy should be allowed to ask for emergency help with one...
Antitrust and Competition

Captured Western Governments Are Failing the Coronavirus Test

Luigi Zingales
In deciding on possible countermeasures, residents of Western democracies often hear only two opposite perspectives: Is the priority to minimize the loss of human...
Money in Politics

Why Elizabeth Warren Has Not Endorsed Joe Biden (Yet)

David Lawsky
After winning in four more states, Biden can expect to have the necessary 1,991 delegates long before the July Democratic convention in Milwaukee. Elizabeth Warren...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Save American Middle-Sized Businesses from the Coronavirus Supply-Chain Crisis

Matt Stoller
Congress passed an $8.3 billion spending bill to address the coronavirus epidemic, but the bill will not protect small companies. Republican Senator Marco Rubio put forward...
Income Inequality

American Oligarch: Michael Bloomberg Reveals His One Remaining Path to the Democratic Nomination

Asher Schechter
Michael Bloomberg's only real path to the nomination was always a contested convention, where he could be able to further leverage his wealth and...
Commentary

Who Won the South Carolina Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel's Analysis

ProMarket writers
Is Bernie Sanders inevitable, and is Michael Bloomberg doomed? Which candidate would be best suited to avoid a recession in the US? A ProMarket...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The SEC’s Shareholder Voting Reform Runs Counter to Attempts at Democratizing Corporate America

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The SEC should drop its proposed changes or modify them so that they are less onerous and less damaging to the rights of shareholders...
Commentary

Sanders Is Leading the Democratic Primaries, but Don't Bet on an Open Convention

David Lawsky
Bernie Sanders is a polarizing front-runner, but there are many reasons to believe the Democratic convention this summer is unlikely to repeat the drama...
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