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Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.

Antitrust and Competition

Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem

Lucas Kunce

Tech platforms like Facebook say we should protect, empower, and celebrate their concentrated power for the sake of America’s national security. But...

Inequality

Police Stops of Black Drivers Increase Following Trump Rallies, New Study Suggests

Pauline Grosjean, Federico Masera, Hasin Yousaf

A new study looks into how Trump's 2016 presidential campaign affected police behavior toward Black Americans and finds that the probability that...

Antitrust and Competition

Big Tech Is Officially Too Big to Manage

Shaoul Sussman

Last week’s Congressional hearing on Big Tech showed the CEOs of the four largest tech platforms unable to answer basic questions about...

Antitrust and Competition

The House’s Big Tech Hearing: Break Ups Large and Small?

Randy Picker

Last week’s epic House hearing on online platforms raised many issues, chief among which was the question who gets to operate at...

Corporate Governance

How Hedge Fund Performance Fees Fail Investors

Itzhak Ben-David, Justin Birru, Andrea Rossi

In the hedge fund industry, there is a material disconnect between funds’ lifetime performance and lifetime incentive fees for managers. A new...

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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Google, Shale, and Fraudulent Honey

Bethany McLean

Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.

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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Eastman Kodak, Private Equity Hospitals, and America’s First Female Recession

Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem

Police Stops of Black Drivers Increase Following Trump Rallies, New Study Suggests

Big Tech Is Officially Too Big to Manage

The House’s Big Tech Hearing: Break Ups Large and Small?

How Hedge Fund Performance Fees Fail Investors

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Google, Shale, and Fraudulent Honey

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