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Money in Politics

"What’s Happening in the U.S. and in European Countries Is a Reaction Against the Political Class"

Asher Schechter
"Despite some specifics on the national level, I would say that all the populist regimes and leaders share common characteristics," says José Ugaz, the...
Regulatory Capture

George Stigler on Regulation: Lessons for Today

Sam Peltzman
October 20 marks the 35th anniversary of George Stigler’s Nobel prize, the first of Booth School of Business’s grand total of eight Nobels. To...
Regulatory Capture

Who Is to Blame for the 2008 Financial Crisis?

Luigi Zingales
The IGM Center at the University of Chicago has asked its American and European economist panel to rate the main causes of the financial...
Money in Politics

“There Are Good Grounds for Being Very Cynical About Western Elites”

Asher Schechter
Ahead of his visit to the Stigler Center on October 25, Edward Luce, Washington columnist for the Financial Times and author of The Retreat of...
Money in Politics

Catalonia on the Brink: How Did We Get Here?

Jaume Ventura
Catalans simply want to vote and exercise their right of self-determination, argues Jaume Ventura of CREI; if they do not stand up for their...
Money in Politics

The Catalonian Labyrinth [Parts I & II]

Tano Santos
The Catalonian problem required farsighted political leadership. We got the opposite, and now the patients are running the asylum, says Tano Santos of...
Money in Politics

The Only Viable Option for Resisting Populist Plutocrats: “Put the Leader Aside – Address Their Supporters"

Asher Schechter
The only viable option for resisting populist plutocrats is “to put the leader aside and look at how you can address their supporters," says...
Money in Politics

“In Just About Every Generation, Many People Thought the American Republic was on the Verge of Collapse”

Guy Rolnik
The second installment of our two-part interview with Harvard Business School professor David Moss about his recent book Democracy: A Case Study. "One of the reasons...
Money in Politics

How to Defeat Populist Plutocrats? “Build a Counter-Narrative”

Asher Schechter
Beppe Severgnini, one of the most influential journalists in Italy, talks to ProMarket about what the U.S. can learn from Italy on how to defeat...
Money in Politics

Can “Productive Tensions” Save American Democracy Again?

Guy Rolnik
This is the first installment of a two-part interview we had with David Moss about his recently published book Democracy: A Case Study, which contains...
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