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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The system of formal and informal rules by which a company is governed. Corporate governance shapes more than just a given’s company value – it dictates who controls the capital in the economy and so how this capital is being put the use. Corporate governance therefore affects and is affected by the degree of cronyism and rent-seeking in society.

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

SolarCity’s Troubles Fuel the Religious War Around Tesla’s Future and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Musk has been saying for years that his solar business will be similar in size to Tesla’s car business, but this is not likely to...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Companies Are More Effective Than the White House in Stopping Whistleblowers

Stefano Feltri
Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes tested the "integrity hotlines" companies are supposed to have to let employees report misconduct. In many cases, they...
Academic Capture

Economics’ Lack of Interest in Gender Proves: the “Dismal Science” Really Is Dismal

Renée Adams
Economists are still in the dark about the role of gender. For economics to be credible, we have to recognize that our knowledge is...
Academic Capture

Uber and the Sherlock Holmes Principle: How Control of Data Can Lead to Biased Academic Research

Luigi Zingales
How can we ensure that academic journals do not become an unintended instrument in the PR efforts of powerful firms? Luigi Zingales offers some...
Antitrust and Competition

The Counterfeit Capitalism of WeWork: Predatory Pricing as a Business Model

Matt Stoller
The company failed to go public and its founder, Adam Neumann, had to step down. This is good news: ordinary investors refused to put...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Problem With Unicorns: Why Investors Stopped WeWork From Going Public

Jeffrey Carter
More and more startups are valued at over $1 billion, even if they have dysfunctional corporate structures and hazardous business models. For tech companies,...
Academic Capture

Presenting: The Stigler Center’s Report on How to Rein in Big Tech

ProMarket writers
The Stigler Center presents its policy suggestions on how to address the political and economic issues raised by the market power of tech platforms...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Walmart and Gun Control: Should Companies Self-Regulate When the Government Doesn’t Act? A New Capitalisn’t Episode

ProMarket writers
The biggest retailer in the US decided to end all handgun ammunition sales, and the four largest automakers announced a private deal with California...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Business Roundtable CEOs’ Statement: Same Old, Same Old

Luca Enriques
Despite the media hype about corporate CEOs having abandoned their shareholder value maximization credo, the recent statement from the Business Roundtable contains nothing new...
Antitrust and Competition

Towards the Giant Three: The Rise and Rise of the Big Three Index Funds

Lucian Bebchuk
The Big Three index fund managers—BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Global Advisors—hold a significant proportion of the stock of US public companies, and they...
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