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Regulatory Capture

How the Global Audit Firms, Led by Deloitte, Are Using Their Lobbying Clout to Dilute Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms

Francine McKenna
A look at the Big Four’s congressional lobbying activity shows the auditors and their trade association taking advantage of the “Trump” window to roll...
Regulatory Capture

The Powerful Private Regulator and the Effects of Conflicts of Interest

Guy Rolnik
A new study reveals both the potential biases in the proxy advisory industry and how a new entrant can help mitigate conflicts of interest. The...
Regulatory Capture

Wells Fargo and the Failure of Boards and Regulators

Guy Rolnik
Two new reports concerning the Wells Fargo scandal suggest that the bank's senior management, its board of directors, and the regulators all knew about the bank's...
Regulatory Capture

When We Are Less Interested in the Truth, Capture Thrives

Guy Rolnik
The unprecedented divide between the way that Democrats and Republicans perceive the state of the economy may be linked to two important theories in...
Regulatory Capture

Stigler Center Launches Case Study Series

Luigi Zingales
On Thursday, the Stigler Center will launch the first in a series of business case studies that focus on the many ways special interest...
Regulatory Capture

I Was a Whistleblower. The Fed Is Not Doing Enough to Fix Wall Street’s Culture of Fear

Eric Ben-Artzi
Deutsche Bank whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi, who publicly rejected a multimillion dollar award from the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer, writes about the failure...
Money in Politics

How Many Newt Gingrich's Are There in Washington? Much More Than You Might Think

Guy Rolnik
As more and more lobbyists move to consulting and PR agencies, experts say the underworld of hidden lobbying is probably much bigger than what formal...
Money in Politics

Watch: Richard Posner Says Congresspeople Are “Slaves to the Donors”

ProMarket writers
A clip of Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago discussing the effects of the Supreme...
Regulatory Capture

Uber, the Mayor’s Private Email, and the Underground Lobbying Complex

Guy Rolnik
The recent revelations regarding the interactions between Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and former Uber executive and Obama adviser David Plouffe suggest that the real action in...
Money in Politics

Stigler Center Lecture: Is American Democracy in Trouble?

ProMarket writers
David Moss, the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, will examine the health of American democracy from a historical perspective. Fears about extreme...
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