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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...
Antitrust and Competition

How Regulators and PwC Fooled Reporters—Again

Francine McKenna
Is the PCAOB really investigating PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its role in the Mattel auditing mess? I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt it....
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...
Antitrust and Competition

How Google and Facebook Made Digital Advertising Markets Increasingly Opaque to Protect Their Dominance

Filippo Lancieri
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority, barriers to entry are so high that not even Amazon is a real threat to Google...
Academic Capture

The Most Persistent of All Zombie Ideas: That Taxing the Wealthy Is Destructive to the Economy

Paul Krugman
Economics can’t tell you what values to have. It can, however, shed light on what to expect from policy that reflects any particular set...
Antitrust and Competition

The Trump Administration Attacks the Stigler Report on Digital Platforms

Luigi Zingales
President Trump’s 2020 Economic Report finally confronts the issue of antitrust enforcement both in the traditional economy and in the digital one. While it...
Antitrust and Competition

The States Must Appeal the Decision to Allow the Sprint/T-Mobile Deal

Daniel A. Hanley
A close review of the court ruling that approved the $26 billion mega-merger reveals a number of mistakes in Judge Victor Marrero’s reasoning, which...
Antitrust and Competition

The Amazon of Health Care: How CVS Is Evolving From a Drug Store Chain into a Tech Platform

Matt Stoller
CVS is built on a dominant chain of drug stores, but it is now trying to turn itself into a "uniquely powerful platform" for...
Academic Capture

The World Bank's "Papergate": Censorship Is Not the Best Way to Stop Development Aid From Fueling Corruption

Stefano Feltri
A new study of World Bank data finds that aid disbursement to highly aid-dependent countries coincides with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore...
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