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The Role of the State

Academic Capture

Corporations and the Rise of the Chicago Law and Economics Movement

Robert Van Horn
From its birth in 1946 onward, corporations made possible and crucially supported the rise of the Chicago law and economics movement. Aaron Director,...
Antitrust and Competition

Should We Let Facebook Decide the Next President of the United States?

Stefano Feltri
Facebook admitted that only a binding regulation on political ads could prevent private corporations from influencing the outcome of US presidential elections. Without such...
Antitrust and Competition

The Rise of the Opioids: How Purdue Invented New Markets for OxyContin

David Egilman, Gregory Collins, Julie Falender, Naomi Shembo, Ciara Keegan, Sunil Tohan
Purdue's strategy was to market its opioids directly to patients via brochures, videos, advertisements, and the internet. It also provided information to doctors and...
Academic Capture

“The Question Is Whether We Live in a Democracy or a Corporate State”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, Goliath author Matt Stoller discusses the political choices that led to the downfall of the American antimonopoly movement and the “addiction to...
Antitrust and Competition

"You Can Put the Monopoly Tiger in a Cage but You Cannot Transform a Tiger Into a Vegan"

Christoph Gisiger
In an extensive interview with the Swiss news website TheMarket.ch, Luigi Zingales discusses ways to deal with Big Tech and the impact of the...
Antitrust and Competition

Thomas Piketty, Chile's Political Chaos, and How to Change Capitalism for the Better: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2019

ProMarket writers
As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year.       Thomas Piketty’s long-anticipated follow-up to...
Antitrust and Competition

It Is Time to Break Up the Disney Empire

Matt Stoller
Disney is not a corporation that pushes the bounds of artistic and technological possibility but a corporation that pushes the bounds of legal possibility...
Academic Capture

The Best Political Economy Books of 2019

Asher Schechter
A history of American antimonopoly, the case against Big Tech, and how Europe got better than the US at free markets: here are (in no...
Antitrust and Competition

"The Lack of Competition Has Deprived American Workers of $1.25 Trillion of Income"

Asher Schechter
French economist Thomas Philippon, author of the recent The Great Reversal, explains how Europe got to be better at free markets than the US and how...
Academic Capture

Uber’s “Academic Research” Program: How to Use Famous Economists to Spread Corporate Narratives

Hubert Horan
Uber's employees co-authored academic papers with brand name scholars that were then used to back the company's PR and lobbying strategy. Published in respected...
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