Trump
“Business Journalism Fails Spectacularly in Holding the Powerful to Account”
Can the media hold powerful corporate actors to account in an age of rising concentration? A Stigler Center panel offers opposing views.
The election of...
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...
How Many Newt Gingrich's Are There in Washington? Much More Than You Might Think
As more and more lobbyists move to consulting and PR agencies, experts say the underworld of hidden lobbying is probably much bigger than what formal...
Netanyahu, Trump, Nixon and the Use of Antitrust to Tame the Media
Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are waging a war against the media. Their tools of choice are the same ones used...
“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...
"The Exercise of Market Power Probably Contributes to Economy-Wide Inequality"
In this installment of ProMarket's new interview series on concentration in the U.S., American University law professor Jonathan Baker shares some thoughts on marker power...
"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...
