Politics
Eliminating Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Won’t End the Georgia Political Boycott
There are good arguments for getting rid of baseball's long-standing exemption from antitrust laws, but the reason cited by Republican Senators angry at MLB’s...
Does Market Power Lead to Political Power?
A Stigler Center webinar explores what would be the foundations of a political and economic system that might be more resilient to pressure from...
The Case for Optimism About America
The good news is that America is still the engine of global wealth creation: nothing fosters political pragmatism like prosperity. But there is also...
Systemic Corruption in America Spans Political Parties
In an interview with ProMarket, Sarah Chayes, author of the book On Corruption in America, discussed corruption in the US and how incoming administration...
What Saved American Democracy from Donald Trump?
Despite President Donald Trump's attempts to undermine it, the American democracy seems to have survived. We now need to analyze more closely the principles...
The “Next Frontier of Propaganda”: Micro-Influencers are Paid to Spread Political Messages, Disinformation
Online influencers aren’t in the business of promoting just products anymore. New research finds that micro-influencers are increasingly used to spread political messages and...
The Silent Coup
President Donald Trump's seditious actions are exposing the political power that Twitter, Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook enjoy. Banning him from their platforms sets...
Covid-19 Aggravates Existing Income, Gender, and Race Inequalities, and Further Increases Political Divisions
Seventy percent of Americans know someone who tested positive; one in five know someone who died from coronavirus, survey shows.
For most of 2020,
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We Must Stop Applying Economic Standards to Political Leadership
Joseph Schumpeter, ironically remembered for glorifying the entrepreneur’s penchant for creative destruction and innovation, actually warned against exalting entrepreneurs as the redeemers of inefficient political...
The Best Political Economy Books of 2020
A travelogue of monopoly, the dangers of elite impunity, and the relevance of John Maynard Keynes: here are (in no particular order) some of...
