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The Hidden Risk in Bernie Sanders's Plan to Save Journalism: an Unholy Alliance Between Publishers and Tech Monopolists
Sanders's plan is important and laudable, but his proposal to use a tax on targeted advertising to fund journalism is dangerous.
Donald Trump is not the...
What Bernie Sanders’s Plan to Save American Journalism Gets Right – and What It Misses
Independent and effective news reporting is at the heart of the democratic process. The dangers to media plurality and local journalism that Sanders identifies...
Dear Graduates, Here’s What You Can Do to Change Capitalism For the Better
Delivering UChicago’s 532nd Convocation address, Luigi Zingales advised young graduates to embrace their power as consumers, workers, and citizens and fight corporate monopolies.
Dear...
Self-Regulation and the Video Game Industry: A New Stigler Center Case Study
A new Stigler Center case study explores questions surrounding the ESRB, the self-regulatory body responsible for assigning age and content ratings to video games.
The debate...
Announcing the Participants in the 2019 Stigler Center Journalist in Residence Program
In March, the Stigler Center will welcome eight world-class journalists from France, Australia, India, China, Italy, Uganda, and the United States for an intensive 12-week program...
Facebook, Extreme Inequality, and Globalization: ProMarket’s Top Stories of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, we look back at ProMarket’s most-read and most-widely shared stories of the past year.
The early mentor to Mark...
Not Your Typical Short Seller: The Stigler Center Hosts Fahmi Quadir
Quadir, known for betting against Valeant in 2015, will discuss short selling, exposing corporate fraud and thriving in a sometimes-reviled industry lacking diversity in...
A Former Central Banker Tells Other Central Bankers: “Stay Away From Davos”
In an interview with ProMarket, former Bank of England deputy governor Sir Paul Tucker explains why the “unelected power” of central bankers threatens our...
Luigi Zingales Proposes Creation of Interdisciplinary Committee on Digital Platforms Regulation
The Committee on Internet Platforms Regulation, proposed Zingales would be comprised of academics and experts on the industry.
At the end of the Stigler Center’s conference...
eDistortions: How Data-opolies Are Dissipating the Internet's Potential
In this chapter from the forthcoming Stigler Center ebook Digital Platforms and Concentration, published in anticipation of the eponymous conference at Chicago Booth on...
