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Regulatory Capture

“It’s Difficult to Produce Good Policy in Thin Political Markets”

Asher Schechter
Harvard Business School’s Karthik Ramanna, author of Political Standards, outlines the potential harms of thin political markets and offers ways to mitigate capture. “It’s difficult...
Regulatory Capture

“There Is Regulatory Capture, But It Is By No Means Complete”

Asher Schechter
Kenneth J. Arrow, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, reflects on the benefits of a single payer health care system,...
Money in Politics

Donald Trump, Crony Capitalist

Luigi Zingales
The sleep of reason produces monsters, at least according to Spanish painter Francisco Goya. What happens when the political reason is intoxicated by vested...
Regulatory Capture

From Mancur Olson to Bernie Sanders

Guy Rolnik
Professor George Stigler, the Nobel Laureate (1982) who in some ways invented the idea of “regulatory capture,” and Professor Mancur Olson, who developed some...
Regulatory Capture

"Capture is Everywhere – It Happens at the Highest Levels of Our Democracy"

Asher Schechter
Armed with research on drug patents and a spate of internal emails from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, hedge fund manager Kyle...
Regulatory Capture

Stigler Fellow of the Month: Beyond the Traditional Capture Theory

ProMarket writers
Harvard Business School's Rafael Di Tella is "Stigler Fellow of the Month". He talks about how any theory of regulation should consider the roles...
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