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Effective media scrutiny can help mitigate many of the problems that lead to regulatory capture, by helping the polity to become informed and mobilized. But what are the conditions that create effective media scrutiny? And why do we observe so little of it in reality?
“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Antitrust and Competition

How Israel's Antimonopolists Helped Take Down Benjamin Netanyahu

Matt Stoller
The corruption exposed by Israeli antimonopolists has been a key driver of Benjamin Netanyahu's current political woes.        If you pay any attention to the weird...
Commentary

Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: the SEC, Tesla, and California's Housing Crisis

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    One of my ongoing obsessions is the...
Commentary

Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Pension Problems, Funky Accounting, and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean  My three picks this week deal with...
Media

Bethany McLean's Weekend Reading List: Cheap Credit, WeWork, and Fracking

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean    I'm always interested in stories about what...
Antitrust and Competition

Vertical Media Mergers Are a Serious Threat to Freedom of Speech

Daniel R. Shulman
Antitrust regulators should stop mergers where a firm owning the means of transmission acquires a provider of content. The people that own the pipes...
Antitrust and Competition

If Journalists Want to Save Journalism, They Should Stop Asking Google for Money

Stefano Feltri
A new report claims Google has been using its Google News Initiative to stage a “media takeover” and reveals the increasing influence of the...
Antitrust and Competition

The Good News: Fewer Americans Were Exposed to Fake News in 2018. The Bad News: This Probably Won’t Last

Eytan Avriel
As it turns out, a majority of the American public is not bad at identifying disinformation. But as the 2020 election nears, the online...
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...
Antitrust and Competition

“The World Has Changed”: the New York Times on Luigi Zingales, the “Chicago School,” and the Threat of Tech Monopolies

ProMarket writers
A New York Times profile summarizes the work done by Luigi Zingales and the Stigler Center on regulating digital platforms and describes it as...
Antitrust and Competition

The Hidden Risk in Bernie Sanders's Plan to Save Journalism: an Unholy Alliance Between Publishers and Tech Monopolists

Guy Rolnik
Sanders's plan is important and laudable, but his proposal to use a tax on targeted advertising to fund journalism is dangerous.        Donald Trump is not the...
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