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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

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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 17–Feb. 24)

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This week in political economy.     Is the US economy being strangled by a lack of competition? In the Harvard Business Review, David Wessel provides...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 10–Feb. 17)

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This week in political economy. Yesterday's New York Times editorial: “The terror that has gripped their elected officials … is fear of the wealthy gun...
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Case 2000: How Netanyahu and Israel’s Most Powerful Media Mogul Planned to Subvert the Market for News and Ideas

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It doesn’t involve a high-profile American billionaire, and yet of the two cases on which the police recommended indicting Israel’s prime minister, “Case 2000”...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 2–Feb. 10)

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This week in political economy.     India’s competition authority imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.1 million) fine on Google after it found the company guilty...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 29–Feb. 2)

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This week in political economy.   As cities across America continue to compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 20–29)

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This week in political economy.    The world's political and business elites gathered in Davos this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic...
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A Statement From ProMarket's Editors

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A statement from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor and Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales and ProMarket editor Samantha Eyler-Driscoll.      The senior editor...
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Luigi Zingales: Why I Decided to Invite Steve Bannon to Speak at the University of Chicago

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A statement from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor and Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales. As a university our primary mission is to...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 13–20)

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This week in political economy.        The backlash against big tech that began in 2017 continues in earnest. The Economist’s cover story this week: “How to...
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 5–13)

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This week in political economy.      Facebook is embarking on a radical overhaul of its news feed, emphasizing status updates from friends and family and...
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