Bork on Antitrust
Following up Carl’s post, while Bork is remembered largely as a Constitutional scholar, his important early contributions dealt with antitrust. He was sharply critical of the modern application of US...
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Muckraker or Special Pleader?
In “A Brief History of Media Muckraking”, the Wall Street Journal’s Amanda Foreman traces the contributions of “reform-minded journalists from Ida Tarbell to [Bob] Woodward” and a few others who...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Union Boss and Classic Champagne Socialism
It’s a busy time of year for Chicago Teachers Union President, Karen Lewis. Two years ago just in time for Labor Day, she was helping organize the city’s first teachers’ strike in more than 25 years—a...
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A Very Weak Case for Hospital Mergers
One consequence of Obamacare is hich can reduce competition and increase prices. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Kenneth L. Davis, MD, CEO and President of Mount Sinai Health System in New York...
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Jean Tirole, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Jean Tirole of the Toulouse School of Economics. According to Reuters, the prize recognizes Professor Tirole’s work aimed at “taming” private...
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Peter Thiel’s Contrarian Manifesto
[Editor’s Note: The Independent Institute is hosting a sold-out event, “Developing the Developed World: Entrepreneurship, Liberty, and the Future,” with Peter Thiel on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.]...
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A Case for Patent Reform
Arthur M. Diamond, Jr., makes his case for patent reform in the Winter 2015 issue of The Independent Review. For many decades most economists believed patents were key to the innovation and material...
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Google Agonistes
News reports on Tax Day suggest that the European Commission wants to nail Google Inc.’s scalp to the wall as punishment for committing alleged antitrust (competition) law violations. At issue is the...
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