Disney

Amazon-Owned Movie Theaters: the Next Step in Entertainment Industry Consolidation

Amazon is in talks to buy AMC Theaters, whose business model was jeopardized by the coronavirus pandemic. Other streaming companies, such as...

It Is Time to Break Up the Disney Empire

Disney is not a corporation that pushes the bounds of artistic and technological possibility but a corporation that pushes the bounds of legal possibility...

The Qualcomm Case: Why Protecting American Tech Monopolies Is a Big Favor to China

The FTC sued the company that monopolized the market of components for cell phones with its aggressive patent policy. However, in the technological race...

Mickey Mouse Turns 89 This Week—But Will He Ever Appear in the Public Domain?

Walt Disney Co.’s efforts to protect its copyright over the famous anthropomorphic mouse are the subject of a new Stigler Center case study. This Sunday...

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Academic Capture

Cogs and Monsters: Is Economics Destined to Remain a Dismal Science?

Jana Kasperkevic

In her bold new book Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be, Cambridge professor Diane Coyle offers a...

Antitrust and Competition

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

Jens Frankenreiter

It is common lore in data privacy law and other fields that stringent regulatory standards (such as the ones introduced in the...

Coronavirus

Governments Were Forced to Restrict Civil Liberties to Deal With Covid-19. More Flexible Constitutions Could Prevent That From Becoming the New Normal

Gabriele Gratton, Barton Lee

A new paper argues that exploitation of gaps within democratic constitutions during emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, has the potential to...

Corporate Governance

The Social Responsibility of Business Includes Profits

Alex Edmans

Profits these days are often seen as a dirty word, but it is wrong to demonize profits. A company’s responsibility is not...

Academic Capture

Academic Gatekeepers, Real and Imagined, Are Threatening the Credibility of the Field of Political Finance  

Renée Adams

One objective of political finance is to hold power to account. However, gatekeeping, both direct and indirect, is keeping important work from...