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Capitalisn’t in a New Episode on the Gig Economy: A Reading List

ProMarket writers
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash have brought the term "gig economy" into our lexicon. But what is the gig economy, really? In the...
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A New Capitalisn't Episode: Did the Economists of the '60s and '70s Ruin the Economy?

ProMarket writers
Are economists to blame for our current state of affairs? That's the argument Binyamin Appelbaum makes in his book "The Economists' Hour." In this...
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How Powerful Ideas Can Shape Society: Aaron Director and the Triumph of Nihilism

Matt Stoller
The rise of giants like Amazon and Facebook proves the long-lasting influence of Director's approach. His intellectual and political legacy is the transition...
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How Powerful Ideas Can Shape Society: Aaron Director and the Triumph of Nihilism

Matt Stoller
The rise of giants like Amazon and Facebook proves the long-lasting influence of Director's approach. His intellectual and political legacy is the transition of...
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Are Americans Drifting Apart Culturally?

Romain Wacziarg
Is the United States becoming more culturally divided across racial, gender, income, religious, geographic and political lines? New research from SMU and UCLA finds...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Keeps Losing Affection from Big Donors, While Clinton Maintains It

Tania Diaz Bazan
As of August 31, 31.5 percent of Hillary Clinton’s contributions come from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Over the last three indices calculated by...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: 37.8 Percent of Clinton's Donations Come From the Top 0.1 Percent of Her Donors

ProMarket writers
30.7 percent of Clinton’s contributions came from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Clinton’s main super PAC raised $8.08 million in July–nearly all of...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Significantly Increases Fundraising from Big Donors

ProMarket writers
24.2 percent of Trump’s campaign contributions came from donors who gave $100,000 or more, as of late June. In May, large donors accounted for...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: A Third of Hillary Clinton’s Fundraising Comes from Big Donors

ProMarket writers
The presumptive Democratic nominee has raised 30.5 percent of her campaign contributions from donors who gave more than $100,000. Donald Trump, on the other...
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Campaign Financing Capture Index: Out of the Remaining Presidential Candidates, Clinton Relies Most on Big Donors

ProMarket writers
Clinton’s main super PAC, Priorities USA Action, raised $8.5 millions in April. Bernie Sanders remains the only one of the remaining three candidates to...
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