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Regulatory Capture

When regulation protects narrow interests – usually the interests of the incumbent industry – at the expense of the public interest. Capture occurs in various ways: from straightforward bribes and threats, to more implicit quid pro quos such as the lucrative future employment (revolving door), to softer forms of cognitive/cultural capture.
“… as a rule, regulation is acquired by the industry and is designed and operated primarily for its benefit.” George Stigler – The Theory of Economic Regulation (1971)

Antitrust and Competition

Allowing Digital Platforms to Continue Picking the Winners and Losers of Our Economy Is Un-American

Sally Hubbard
Antitrust law aims to stop established companies from shutting out competitors. We should revive enforcement against exclusionary conduct, as well as structurally eliminate the...
Antitrust and Competition

How US Regulators Allowed Google and Facebook to Become Dominant

Filippo Lancieri
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority recently criticized Google and Facebook's excessive market power. American regulators, on the other hand, have allowed them to consolidate...
Antitrust and Competition

Five Conditions for Corporations About to Receive Coronavirus Bailouts

Matt Stoller
Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are getting ready for massive bailouts, so here are the conditions to put on large corporations who need...
Antitrust and Competition

Captured Western Governments Are Failing the Coronavirus Test

Luigi Zingales
In deciding on possible countermeasures, residents of Western democracies often hear only two opposite perspectives: Is the priority to minimize the loss of human...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Depending on China for US Health Needs Is Dangerous

Matt Stoller
In 2018, the Health Industry Distributor’s Association opposed Trump's tariffs on China with the argument that dependence on China for things hospitals needed, like gloves,...
Income Inequality

American Oligarch: Michael Bloomberg Reveals His One Remaining Path to the Democratic Nomination

Asher Schechter
Michael Bloomberg's only real path to the nomination was always a contested convention, where he could be able to further leverage his wealth and...
Antitrust and Competition

How Regulators and PwC Fooled Reporters—Again

Francine McKenna
Is the PCAOB really investigating PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its role in the Mattel auditing mess? I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt it....
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The SEC’s Shareholder Voting Reform Runs Counter to Attempts at Democratizing Corporate America

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The SEC should drop its proposed changes or modify them so that they are less onerous and less damaging to the rights of shareholders...
Academic Capture

The Most Persistent of All Zombie Ideas: That Taxing the Wealthy Is Destructive to the Economy

Paul Krugman
Economics can’t tell you what values to have. It can, however, shed light on what to expect from policy that reflects any particular set...
Antitrust and Competition

The Trump Administration Attacks the Stigler Report on Digital Platforms

Luigi Zingales
President Trump’s 2020 Economic Report finally confronts the issue of antitrust enforcement both in the traditional economy and in the digital one. While it...
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