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Antitrust and Competition

We Need to Deal With WhatsApp's Misinformation Problem

Prateek Raj
A peculiar feature of WhatsApp groups has made the spread of misinformation much easier. We need better design guidelines for platforms like WhatsApp, ones...
Income Inequality

Angus Deaton: Today’s Inequalities Are Signs That Democratic Capitalism Is Under Threat

Angus Deaton
At the launch of the IFS Deaton Review, a 5-year review of rising inequalities in the UK, Sir Angus Deaton decried extreme inequality and the...
Antitrust and Competition

Dear Graduates, Here’s What You Can Do to Change Capitalism For the Better

Luigi Zingales
Delivering UChicago’s 532nd Convocation address, Luigi Zingales advised young graduates to embrace their power as consumers, workers, and citizens and fight corporate monopolies. Dear...
Antitrust and Competition

The Decline of American Journalism Is an Antitrust Problem

Sally Hubbard
Weak antitrust enforcement set the stage for Facebook and Google to extract the fruits of publishers’ labor. We won’t be able to save journalism...
Antitrust and Competition

Algorithms and AI Are Radically Changing Insurance. Regulators Are Behind the Curve

Rick Swedloff
The growing use of artificial intelligence to price insurance could erode basic legal protections built into the law to protect both individuals and the...
Academic Capture

Protecting the Independence and Integrity of Research: Introducing the Academic Capture Warning System

Bonnie Wilson
Inappropriate financial donor influence at institutions of higher education appears to be on the rise and risks eroding public trust in academic research. In...
Antitrust and Competition

Designating Tech Platforms as “Information Fiduciaries” Would Do Little to Address the Source of Their Power

Lina M. Khan
The notion that Facebook, Google, and Twitter should be assigned fiduciary duties toward their end users has gained broad support in recent years. However, this...
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

When American Capitalism Meant Equality

Matt Stoller
Americans used to have a relatively egalitarian view of markets. How did they come to accept extreme inequality as an innate part of their...
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