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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 29–Feb. 2)
This week in political economy.
As cities across America continue to compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari...
Luigi Zingales: Why I Decided to Invite Steve Bannon to Speak at the University of Chicago
A statement from University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor and Stigler Center Director Luigi Zingales.
As a university our primary mission is to...
Why Behavioral Remedies Won't Work in the Case of AT&T-Time Warner
It is clear from the economics in the government’s complaint against the AT&T-Time Warner merger that the harms to competition articulated by the Department...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 22– Jan. 5)
This week in political economy.
In Project Syndicate, Joseph Stiglitz writes about the GOP’s recently-passed tax package, which he dubs “The US Donor Relief...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 16–22)
This week in political economy.
Eric Schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Schmidt, who joined Google...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 2–Dec. 9)
The stories that most interested us this week.
David Sirota and Josh Keefe of International Business Times reveal that Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)...
Will Repeal of Net Neutrality Accelerate the Trend in Media Consolidation? The History of Cable Suggests "Yes"
The history of cable and cable programming strongly suggests that without specific FCC safeguards, we can expect a massive “arms race” by providers to...
Tyler Cowen: Complacent Americans Can’t Imagine a Future Unlike the Present
In conversation with Stigler Center director Luigi Zingales, Tyler Cowen—one of the brains behind the world’s most popular economics blog, Marginal Revolution—argues that a...
The DOJ Has a Strong Case Against the AT&T-Time Warner Merger
If the merging parties are true to their many tough public statements, and they stick the litigation out long-term, the odds are not bad...
“There Are Good Grounds for Being Very Cynical About Western Elites”
Ahead of his visit to the Stigler Center on October 25, Edward Luce, Washington columnist for the Financial Times and author of The Retreat of...
