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Money in Politics

Americans Report Record Level of Trust in Banks and Big Corporations, But not in the US Government

ProMarket writers
2019 Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index increases from 27.6 percent to 33.3 percent, showing the highest level of financial trust from the American...
Antitrust and Competition

Like Microsoft, but With More Glitter: The Cheerleading Monopoly Problem

Matt Stoller
Cheerleading is a huge part of American culture. It’s also an expensive sport, especially after a company called Varsity Brands bought the National Cheerleader...
Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust’s Monopsony Problem

Sandeep Vaheesan
Four cases from the past decade alleging employer collusion against workers show that at present, antitrust law is ill-equipped to protect workers. A root...
Antitrust and Competition

How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media

Zhenqi Jessie Liu
A new study on three major social networks in China finds that tolerating small, relatively free platforms helps the Chinese government maintain sufficiently high...
Antitrust and Competition

Why an Antimonopoly Movement Is the Kind of Populism That Chile Needs

Daniel Matamala
President Piñera's approval rating has reached a record low, not just for the Chilean democracy, but for all of South America. The rise of...
Income Inequality

A New Capitalisn't Episode: The Controversial Tax Policies Of Emmanuel Saez

ProMarket writers
In a new episode of their podcast Capitalisn't, Luigi Zingales and Kate Waldock interview UC Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez on tax policy, the wealth...
Money in Politics

Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren: The Real Impact of Democratic Candidates' Tax Plans

Emmanuel Saez
According to UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, all of the Democratic candidates' plans increase tax rates on the rich but to...
Academic Capture

Data-Driven Ideology: The Problem With Economists' Takeover of Policymaking

Stefano Feltri
According to New York Times journalist Binyamin Appelbaum's recent book The Economists' Hour, economics is not the unbiased science that it pretends to be, but...
Money in Politics

How Do Members of Congress React to the Potential of Lucrative Private Sector Employment?

Benjamin C.K. Egerod
Many fear that the potential for well-paid post-elective jobs can make legislators give rewards to their future employers. A new study finds that career...
Antitrust and Competition

“We Were Naïve,” Says FCC Chair Who Oversaw the Creation of Section 230

Guy Rolnik
In an interview with ProMarket, former FCC chair Reed Hundt spoke about antitrust, Big Tech platforms, the future of the 1996 provision that provided legal protection...
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