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How to Defeat Populist Plutocrats? “Build a Counter-Narrative”
Beppe Severgnini, one of the most influential journalists in Italy, talks to ProMarket about what the U.S. can learn from Italy on how to defeat...
Can “Productive Tensions” Save American Democracy Again?
This is the first installment of a two-part interview we had with David Moss about his recently published book Democracy: A Case Study, which contains...
Bo Rothstein Explains Why He Resigned From Oxford Over Donor's Link to Donald Trump
In an interview with ProMarket, Swedish political scientist Bo Rothstein explains why he decided to resign from the Blavatnik School of Government after learning...
The Big Picture: Clientelism, Plutocracy, and Democratization
Why is the electoral process not enough to rid nations of pathological political distortions such as cronyism and corruption?
This is the second installment of ProMarket’s...
The Value of Access: How Closeness to the Obama White House Benefited Companies
Between January 2009 and December 2015, White House officials met with corporate CEOs 2,286 times. A new study, to be presented at the upcoming Stigler Center...
Trump and Sinclair's Art of the Deal
Donald Trump is actually a boon for many media outlets. Consider, for instance, the case of Sinclair's TV and radio stations that supported him throughout his...
“There Is No Indication That Trump Is Pro-Competition”
A new paper by economists Steven C. Salop and Carl Shapiro explores what antitrust might look like under President Trump. In an interview with...
"No Mistake About it: A Revolt Against Globalization is Underway!"
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, Columbia Law School’s John C. Coffee Jr. shares some thoughts on political engagement by corporations. "Milton Friedman seems...
"Political Engagement by Corporations Derives from and is Focused on Seeking Monopolistic Power"
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, Harvard Business School professor emeritus Joseph Bower shares some thoughts on rent-seeking, politics, and the role of corporations...
“So Long As Corporate Managers See Their Objective as Maximizing Returns, Rent-Seeking and Regulatory Capture Will Persist”
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series on the economic theory of the firm, Harvard Business School professor Lynn Paine discusses the role of corporations and...
