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Social Media Clickwraps and the “Manufacture of Consent”
A new study identifies a political economic interface design strategy that threatens privacy protections by maintaining “the biggest lie on the internet.”
We check the...
The News Media’s Business Model of Extortion
The Jeff Bezos vs. The National Enquirer scandal highlights the role that extortion may play in the business model of some news outlets.
Jeff Bezos’s...
Rents and Inclusive Growth: A Decline in Rent Sharing Implies Growing Income Inequalities
A new study looks at the long-run evolution of rent sharing between companies and workers in the UK and finds that rent sharing...
Study: Medicaid Expansion in Michigan Led to Less Financial Distress
A new study finds that obtaining health insurance coverage leads to lower unpaid debt, fewer bankruptcies, fewer evictions, fewer late payments, and higher credit...
How Market Power Worsens Income Inequality
Inequality in stock ownership has grown considerably over the past two decades and is far more pronounced than inequality in consumption or income. A...
What Comes After Trickle-Down Trade Liberalization?
The United States needs to rethink its trade policy. A new report offers a blueprint, consisting of ten major reforms.
US trade policy is at...
Reducing Wealth Inequality Through Wealth Taxes Without Compromising Economic Growth
New research proposes two ways of using wealth taxes to reduce inequality and increase efficiency.
Economic inequality has risen significantly within major economies around the...
Davos Elites Love to Advocate for Equality – So Long As Nothing Gets Done
The return to the industrial relations and tax policies of the early 19th century has been spearheaded by people who speak the language of...
Making Your Vote Count: Does the Voting Behavior of Asset Managers Truly Reflect Their Clients’ Interests?
In the past five years, thanks to growing public pressure, there has been increased attention on the voting behavior of asset managers. As a...
“Short Sellers Don't Exist to Fix the Problems. They Exist to Shed Light on the Problems”
In an interview with ProMarket, Fahmi Quadir, the short seller whose bet against Valeant in 2015 helped expose the company's misdeeds, talks about short...
