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An outlet for insiders to speak freely (as they remain anonymous to the reader) on what they perceive as problematic practices in their own industry – with an emphasis on how the industry tweaks the rules of the game and captures regulation.
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice.” Adam Smith – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

Antitrust and Competition

How Germany Managed to Outlaw Facebook’s Core Business Model

Anne C. Witt
In a surprise ruling last month, the German Federal Court of Justice determined that Facebook must comply with an earlier decision by Germany’s competition...
Commentary

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...
Commentary

Should Small Businesses Consider Bankruptcy? A New Capitalisn’t Reading List

ProMarket writers
The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on most businesses, but it has been especially hard on small businesses. Should those businesses file for...
Commentary

The Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Impatience. But America Will Need Patience in the 2020 Election

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The proliferation of mail-in voting is likely to make knowing who won the election take much longer than Americans are used to. Voters in...
Antitrust and Competition

At the Heart of the European Commission’s Investigations of Apple Is a Basic Question: How Should Apple Make Money?

Randy Picker
Just like Spotify, Apple has amassed an installed base of users. Spotify sells its users to advertisers while Apple sells its users to app...
Commentary

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...
Commentary

How to Get Police Reform Done? Use Direct Democracy

John G. Matsusaka
Instead of just imploring their representatives to fix things, Americans can use the tools of direct democracy to take charge and promote meaningful policing...
Commentary

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,...
Commentary

Break Up the Police

Luigi Zingales
In most cities in America, it is not the police that answers to the mayors, but the mayors to the police. The only solution...
Antitrust and Competition

AT&T’s Treatment of HBO Max Sparks Calls for Net Neutrality Rules. But Is Sector-Specific Regulation the Right Solution?

Hal Singer
Not all forms of self-preferencing should be banned, but we do need a standard by which to evaluate allegations of anticompetitive self-preferencing. Congress should...
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