type here...

News

Commentary

Governments and Central Banks Have a Few Unpleasant Options to Stop the Economic Contagion

Stefano Feltri
The global economy and financial markets are seriously hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Central banks can do something, but monetary policy is not enough.  A fiscal stimulus might mitigate the impact, but the record-level outstanding amount of public and private debt adds additional risk to the current perfect storm.  
Commentary

Why Coronavirus Triggered the First Global Supply-Chain Crisis

Stefano Feltri
The only reason why there is no shortage of goods in American markets is that the epidemic outbreak was close to the Chinese New...
Antitrust and Competition

US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security

Matt Stoller
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Commentary

Who Won the South Carolina Democratic Debate? The ProMarket Panel's Analysis

ProMarket writers
Is Bernie Sanders inevitable, and is Michael Bloomberg doomed? Which candidate would be best suited to avoid a recession in the US? A ProMarket...
Commentary

Sanders Is Leading the Democratic Primaries, but Don't Bet on an Open Convention

David Lawsky
Bernie Sanders is a polarizing front-runner, but there are many reasons to believe the Democratic convention this summer is unlikely to repeat the drama...
Antitrust and Competition

The Only Regulation Mark Zuckerberg Likes Is No Regulation

Stefano Feltri
In an op-ed and a white paper, Facebook's CEO argues that "private companies should not make so many decisions alone when they touch on...
Commentary

Do Top Economics Journals Hold Female-Authored Papers to Higher Standards?

Erin Hengel
Articles written by male economists are cited less than articles published by women in the same journals, a new study on gender and quality...
Antitrust and Competition

“We Were Naïve,” Says FCC Chair Who Oversaw the Creation of Section 230

Guy Rolnik
In an interview with ProMarket, former FCC chair Reed Hundt spoke about antitrust, Big Tech platforms, the future of the 1996 provision that provided legal protection...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Change Section 230 and Make Digital Platforms More Accountable

ProMarket writers
If elected, former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to "revoke immediately" the 1996 provision that gave tech companies like...
Commentary

“Is the Market Actually Efficient? No, It Is Only a Very Powerful Narrative”

Christoph Gisiger
A conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Robert Shiller on his new book, Narrative Economics: "Economists do not study narratives systematically, but they shape the...
1...394395396397Page 395 of 397

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.