type here...

Media

Effective media scrutiny can help mitigate many of the problems that lead to regulatory capture, by helping the polity to become informed and mobilized. But what are the conditions that create effective media scrutiny? And why do we observe so little of it in reality?
“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 23–30)

ProMarket writers
The Supreme Court's Ohio v. American Express has few admirers; the financial disclosure of the new director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection reveals a...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 16–23)

ProMarket writers
AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner continues to make waves; a New York federal judge says the entire Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau needs to...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 8–16)

ProMarket writers
The AT&T-Time Warner merger is approved, further fueling the media merger frenzy and providing the Second Gilded Age with “another layer of gold”; net...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 26–June 2)

ProMarket writers
Google gives up Project Maven following "terrible" backlash; angry Facebook shareholders demand an end to Mark Zuckerberg's "dictatorship"; American startups are in a 13-year slump; and Italy...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 19–26)

ProMarket writers
Trump signs the largest rollback of financial regulations since the 2008 crisis into law; Zuckerberg masterfully evades the questions of European parliamentarians; Amazon has...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 12-May 19)

ProMarket writers
Wells Fargo is in hot water again; President Trump reportedly pushed the US Postmaster General to double the rate that Amazon pays to ship...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (May 4–May 12)

ProMarket writers
A whistleblower alleges fraud in the audits of Silicon Valley companies; AT&T acknowledges that hiring Michael Cohen was a "bad mistake"; new analysis finds that...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 28–May 4)

ProMarket writers
George Mason University faces controversy over its relationship with donors; the former CEO of Volkswagen is charged in relation to the company’s diesel emissions...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (April 14–April 28)

ProMarket writers
Why has Facebook’s scandal not dented its earnings? How much are states and local governments giving to corporations in economic-development incentives? And did CFPB...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (April 7–April 14)

ProMarket writers
This week in political economy.     Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg answered hundreds of questions about the company’s business model and mishandling of data and privacy...
1...141516...21Page 15 of 21

Latest news

View All

The publication of the Stigler Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

ProMarket is dedicated to discussing how competition tends to be subverted by special interests. The posts represent the opinions of their writers, not necessarily those of the University of Chicago, the Booth School of Business, or its faculty. For more information, please visit ProMarket Policy.