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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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Bethany McLean’s Fourth of July Weekend Reading List: Jeff Bezos, Homeschooling, and How to Make Capitalism Work for All

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  It’s the Fourth of July, and we’re supposedly...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Wirecard, Shale Oil, and the Fall of Chuck E. Cheese

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  OMG, we're missing $2 billion! That, in a...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Mortgages, Rents, and Hamilton

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  I don't know what inning of the pandemic...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Mask Traders, Scientists, and the Looming Bank Collapse

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  Where there's a need, there's a free market...um,...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Elder Care Facilities, Twitter, and Pot

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  Corona-free! Well, no, not...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Fracking, Germs, and the Global Financial Crisis

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  At the risk of stating...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Free Money, Hospitals, and Private Equity Firms

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  Is there actually such a thing...
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We are very excited to present to you our new design for ProMarket. In addition to our usual mix of articles based on academic...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Contact Tracing, Debt, and the Oil Crash

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  Contact tracing. If someone had told...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Fracking, Private Equity, and Hospitals

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  From the wonderful Barry Ritholtz....
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