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The Weekly Briefing Archive 2019 (Jan-June)

Asher Schechter
  What’s Not to Like About the EITC? Plenty, It Turns Out -  06.28.19   Low-Wage Workers Are Being Sued for Unpaid Medical Bills by a Nonprofit Christian...
Antitrust and Competition

“The Digital Robber Barons Kill Innovation”: the Stigler Center's Report Enters the Senate

Luigi Zingales
In a letter submitted to the record by the US Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust currently investigating Big Tech, Luigi Zingales expounds on the Stigler...

The Weekly Briefing Archive 2018

Asher Schechter
An Open Letter Regarding Harassment and Discrimination in the Economics Profession - 12.28.18   Mark Zuckerberg Declares Victory At the End of a Brutal Year for Facebook:...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Making Your Vote Count: Does the Voting Behavior of Asset Managers Truly Reflect Their Clients’ Interests?

Mikael Homanen
In the past five years, thanks to growing public pressure, there has been increased attention on the voting behavior of asset managers. As a...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (October 20-27)

ProMarket writers
Corporate executives warm up to Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro; the US is developing into a “plutocracy,” says former Fed chairman; Tim Cook...
Media

Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (October 1-7)

ProMarket writers
Brazil's business community rallies around far-right authoritarian; Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh enters the Supreme Court; Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15 an hour;...

The Weekly Briefing Archive 2016

AdamMoore
The Weekly Briefin​g Archive 2016​   Weekly Briefing Archive 2018 Weekly Briefing Archive 2017   Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant -  12.31.16   DuPont Hit With $2 Million...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Let Data Guide Legislation: Stifling Shareholders in the CHOICE Act?

Eugene Soltes
In improving the current shareholder proposal process, legislators should trade the butcher knife for the scalpel.   What influence, if any, should shareholders have over...
Money in Politics

Donald Trump’s Economic Policies: Pro-Business, Not Pro-Market

Luigi Zingales
Trump is eliminating lobbyists by putting them in charge of all departments. After his election,((This post was originally published in Il Sole 24 Ore.)) it was...
Money in Politics

Employees of Large Companies Favor Hillary Clinton

Tania Diaz Bazan
Clinton received overwhelming support from workers in the banking, tech, and mobile industries. 98 percent of the total amount raised by workers at financial institutions...
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