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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Call for Papers: Should Corporations Have a Social Purpose?

ProMarket writers
The Stigler Center is launching its fourth Political Economy of Finance conference and seeking papers on topics related to corporate social responsibility, the purpose...
Commentary

Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Liberal Order?

Karthik Ramanna
In the past 30 years, liberalism has not lived up to its promise to deliver economic returns for the broad majority of society. But...
Commentary

Why Economic Predictions Are Useless Right Now

Branko Milanovic
The Covid-19 crisis is unprecedented in its global scope and open-ended, uncontrollable progress. By their very nature, the models that economists often use to...
Income Inequality

Indecent Proposals in Economics: The Moral Problem With Randomized Trial Experiments

Ankur Sarin
The advent of field Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) has made it more acceptable for applied economists to collect data in developing countries. This raises...
Covid-19

Capital and Ideology: a Webinar With Thomas Piketty, Robert Topel, and Edward Luce

ProMarket writers
As part of the Stigler Center’s Political Economy of Covid-19 Series of online programming, which explores the economic and political implications of Covid-19 with...
Covid-19

The Childcare Barriers to Putting America Back to Work

Jonathan Dingel
Substantial fractions of the US labor force have children at home and will likely face obstacles in returning to work if childcare options remain...
Covid-19

The Paycheck Protection Program, Meant to Prevent Mass Layoffs, Missed Its Target

Joao Granja
A new study shows that CARES Act funds to support small companies and prevent mass layoffs did not flow to areas more adversely affected...
Covid-19

Piketty on the Covid-19 Crisis: “It Is High Time to Use This Opportunity to Counter the Dominant Ideology and Significantly Reduce Inequality”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, Thomas Piketty speaks about his new book, the role of ideology as a driver of inequality, and what the...
Covid-19

How Inequality Hurts the Economy and Complicates Policy Responses to the Pandemic

Atif Mian
In the years leading up to the pandemic, rising inequality created a saving glut of the rich which pushed down interest rates and fueled...
Covid-19

Economic Crisis and Poverty Might Kill More People Than the Coronavirus

Daniel Matamala
Saving lives is the priority. Doing so depends on a delicate balance between health, economic, and social variables. But, above all, it depends on a population that trusts that these measures seek the common good, not the interest of a few.
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