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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 10–Feb. 17)
This week in political economy.
Yesterday's New York Times editorial: “The terror that has gripped their elected officials … is fear of the wealthy gun...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 2–Feb. 10)
This week in political economy.
India’s competition authority imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.1 million) fine on Google after it found the company guilty...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 29–Feb. 2)
This week in political economy.
As cities across America continue to compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari...
Are Google and Facebook Monopolies?
Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales and George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen discuss the market power wielded by digital platforms, and how to promote competition.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 13–20)
This week in political economy.
The backlash against big tech that began in 2017 continues in earnest. The Economist’s cover story this week: “How to...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 5–13)
This week in political economy.
Facebook is embarking on a radical overhaul of its news feed, emphasizing status updates from friends and family and...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 22– Jan. 5)
This week in political economy.
In Project Syndicate, Joseph Stiglitz writes about the GOP’s recently-passed tax package, which he dubs “The US Donor Relief...
In Capitalisn’t Pilot, Zingales and Waldock Fret at Prospect of a Monopolist-in-Chief
In the inaugural episode of the new podcast from the Stigler Center and Chicago Booth Review, economists Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales probe the...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 16–22)
This week in political economy.
Eric Schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Schmidt, who joined Google...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Nov. 27–Dec. 2)
The stories that most interested us this week.
The Senate approved the Republican tax bill last night following a series of last-minute amendments, paving the way...
