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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

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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 29–Feb. 2)

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This week in political economy.   As cities across America continue to compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 20–29)

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This week in political economy.    The world's political and business elites gathered in Davos this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic...
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A Statement From ProMarket's Editors

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A statement from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor and Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales and ProMarket editor Samantha Eyler-Driscoll.      The senior editor...
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Luigi Zingales: Why I Decided to Invite Steve Bannon to Speak at the University of Chicago

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A statement from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor and Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales. As a university our primary mission is to...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 13–20)

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This week in political economy.        The backlash against big tech that began in 2017 continues in earnest. The Economist’s cover story this week: “How to...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 5–13)

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This week in political economy.      Facebook is embarking on a radical overhaul of its news feed, emphasizing status updates from friends and family and...
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Announcing the Participants in the 2018 Stigler Center Journalist in Residence Program

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From March, the Stigler Center will welcome eight world-class journalists from Canada, Chile, China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States for an...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 22– Jan. 5)

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This week in political economy.    In Project Syndicate, Joseph Stiglitz writes about the GOP’s recently-passed tax package, which he dubs “The US Donor Relief...
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In Capitalisn’t Pilot, Zingales and Waldock Fret at Prospect of a Monopolist-in-Chief

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In the inaugural episode of the new podcast from the Stigler Center and Chicago Booth Review, economists Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales probe the...
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What’s Capitalism Got Going for It—and Against It? A New Podcast, Capitalisn’t, Tallies the Score

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“Capitalism is the engine of prosperity.” “Capitalism sows the seeds of its own demise.” Could both things be true? Economists Kate Waldock and Luigi...
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