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Is there a “California Effect” in Data Privacy Law? Why the EU is Not the World’s Privacy Cop

It is common lore in data privacy law and other fields that stringent regulatory standards (such as the ones introduced in the...
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When Milton Friedman Sided With Keynes Over Hayek on Inflation

Nicholas Wapshott
In an excerpt from his book Samuelson Friedman: The Battle Over the Free Market, Nicholas Wapshott explores the disagreements between Friedman and...
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Antitrust and Competition

Countering Employer Monopsony Power With Fundamental Labor Rights

Peter Norlander
Labor policies grounded in the fundamental rights of workers can reinforce the aims of a proposed labor antitrust agenda by limiting a...
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Call for Applications: The Stigler Center Affiliate Fellowship

ProMarket writers
The Stigler Center is seeking candidates for its inaugural Affiliate Fellows program. The George...
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Antitrust and Competition

How the Rise of Labor Market Power Helps Explain the Fall of US Manufacturing Employment

James Traina, Ivan Kirov
A new working paper explores the increase in labor market power in the US and what’s driving it. It shows manufacturing workers...
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Economic History Series

How Manufacturing’s Lobby Won and Lost its Political Influence

Jennifer Delton
What happens when supporting capitalism hurts capitalists? Do business lobbies ever control the economy to the extent we think they do? The...
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