sustainability
Event Notes: Populism and Economics in Latin America
Recent elections have led to a shift in power and ideology across Latin America. Newly elected leaders have brought a new outlook for their...
Why Aligning Antitrust Policy With Sustainability is a Moral Imperative
The looming ecological disaster means that it is time for competition researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and economists to devise competition policies that focus on the...
The World’s First Green Antitrust Provision Shows that Climate Action is the Newest Antitrust Frontier
Late last year, Austria became the first country to enact a green antitrust provision—an exemption shielding corporate agreements related to environmental sustainability initiatives from...
Antitrust and Sustainability: An Introduction to an Ongoing Debate
Can sustainability play a role in antitrust enforcement? And should it? Lund University professor Julian Nowag explores the debate around that intersection of sustainability,...
Two Years After the Business Roundtable Statement: Pointing in the Right Direction
The 2019 Business Roundtable statement was a welcome break from the position that the nation’s top corporate CEOs took in 1997, when the BRT pledged...
Green Antitrust: Why Would Restricting Competition Induce Sustainability Efforts?
While “green” antitrust is gaining momentum, its key premise—that restricting competition would incentivize companies to jointly take more sustainability initiatives—finds little or no ground...
Covid-19, Central Banks, and Debt Monetization: a Webinar With Olivier Blanchard
Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier and former IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard discuss the impact of the current global health crisis on public finances and policy...
