Brett Kavanaugh is expected to bring his pro-business bent to the Supreme Court; the DOJ is appealing the AT&T-Time Warner merger approval; Britain fines Facebook and the EU is expected to fine Google; and who really benefits from the GOP’s tax cuts?
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Google gives up Project Maven following “terrible” backlash; angry Facebook shareholders demand an end to Mark Zuckerberg’s “dictatorship”; American startups are in a 13-year slump; and Italy has a new government.
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Wells Fargo is in hot water again; President Trump reportedly pushed the US Postmaster General to double the rate that Amazon pays to ship packages. Why are Google and Facebook investing half a billion dollars in journalism? And can the Senate bring back net neutrality?
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This week in political economy.
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It doesn’t involve a high-profile American billionaire, and yet of the two cases on which the police recommended indicting Israel’s prime minister, “Case 2000” is far more important and severe.
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This week in political economy.
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This week in political economy.
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The Stigler Center’s case study focuses on the success of the French online news website and explores the economics of media companies in the face of digital disruption.
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The recently-released secret taping of a conversation between Brazil’s president Michel Temer and one of the country’s most prominent businessmen reveals the extent to which big business influences politics and the judiciary in Brazil.
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In the third and final part of our interview with Stanford economist James Hamilton, we discuss the connection between investigative journalism, human interest stories and entertainment value, and the difference between getting the truth right and making an impact.
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In the second part of our interview with Stanford economist James Hamilton, we discuss the costs of investigative journalism, the link between the degree of coverage and levels of corruption, and why information is a public good.
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How much does investigative journalism cost? What are its benefits? Why is it so hard to monetize? Can markets keep on providing this service? In an interview with ProMarket, James Hamilton offers answers to these and other questions related to investigative journalism.
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