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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

George Stigler and the Challenge of Democracy

Anat Admati
We are all victims of what George Stigler described as “the pervasive use of state support of special groups” and of governance failures everywhere....
Academic Capture

Iowa’s “Butter-Margarine War”: T. W. Schultz’s Fight for Academic Freedom

David Seim
During the Second World War, economists at Iowa State College published a pamphlet titled “Putting Dairying on a War Footing,” which would later come...
Antitrust and Competition

Let’s Not Forget George Stigler’s Lessons about Regulatory Capture

Susan E. Dudley
George Stigler’s theory of economic regulation opened our eyes to the rent-seeking that undermines the public interest. Yet many in positions to influence policy...
Antitrust and Competition

Barriers to Entry as Another Source of Top Income Inequality

Philippe Aghion
A new book, The Power of Creative Destruction, explores how lobbying contributes to the increase in the top 1 percent’s share of income. An...
Antitrust and Competition

Lobbying for Globalization: How the Winners Dominate the Politics of Trade Agreements

Michael Blanga-Gubbay
Lobbying on free trade agreements has been dominated by a few very large firms, which experience large gains as a result of the entry...
Antitrust and Competition

George Stigler’s Paper on Regulation and the Rise of Political Economy

Andrei Shleifer
George Stigler’s “The Theory of Economic Regulation” is not just the founding paper of economics of regulation. It is also a founding paper of...
Antitrust and Competition

Of Antitrust and Patents: the Quiet Return of the Status Quo at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division

Allen Grunes
Without Senate-confirmed political leadership, the Department of Justice quietly reverts to an Obama-era policy that favors Big Tech. The consistent theme running through Makan Delrahim’s...
News

Stigler’s Interest-Group Theory of Regulation: A Skeptical Note

Cass Sunstein
As a rule, regulation is not acquired by “the industry,” and it is not designed and operated primarily for its benefit. The mechanisms behind...
Antitrust and Competition

The Durable Impact of Stigler’s Theory of Economic Regulation

Sam Peltzman
George Stigler’s “The Theory of Economic Regulation” was an early application of public choice reasoning to a practical problem—the work of regulatory agencies. It...
News

Economic Regulation After George Stigler

Filippo Lancieri
George Stigler’s “The Theory of Economic Regulation” has left a lasting impact on the academic and real-world practice of regulatory policy. Fifty years after...
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