The Governor of India’s Central Bank, Raghuram Rajan, is attacked for fighting the inefficiency of the banking system.
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The Governor of India’s Central Bank, Raghuram Rajan, is attacked for fighting the inefficiency of the banking system.
Read moreA new paper by Caroline Freund and Sarah Oliver from the Peterson Institute for International Economics explores the origins of the world’s billionaires, and finds that the financial sector is largely responsible for the growth in extreme wealth in the U.S.
Read moreThe European Parliament is due to formally adopt a cross-party report that is strongly critical of accounting standard-setting institutions, in particular the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). This is an opportunity to reexamine the accounting rulemaking establishment in the United States as well.
Read moreNew paper compares tax records for family dynasties in Florence in 1427 and 2011, and finds that the top earners of the present day were already at the top of the socioeconomic ladder 600 years ago.
Read moreUniversity of Connecticut’s law professor James Kwak explains the mechanisms that drive cultural capture, and why he think it is less prevalent today.
Read moreIn the second part of ProMarket’s interview with Bo Rothstein, the Swedish political scientist discusses corruption, social trust and unions.
Read moreExisting evidence are not enough to determine whether courts are pro-market or pro-(incumbent)business.
Read moreA panel at Fordham University discusses the social signals business schools communicate to students.
Read moreClinton’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 not receive six-figure donations
Read moreBo Rothstein, one of the most influential political scientists in the world today, explains how countries can become less corrupt, and why the Nordic model is successful. The first of a two-part interview.
Read moreFormer Fed chairman Ben Bernanke: “Size is not the only relevant attribute of banks.”
Read moreMany people like to think of media as another market where competition drives innovation, quality, and integrity. But this is not always the case.
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