(Thread) #ASSA2018 panel on the economics of populism = great opportunity to catch up on ProMarket's coverage of the rise of populist plutocrats. First, Raghuram Rajan on the rise of populist pationalism as a “first step toward crony capitalism” promarket.org/raghuram-rajan…
Welcome to 2018! Here's a good way to start the new year: catching up on ProMarket’s 10 most-read articles of the previous year. First, our most-read post of 2017: Raghuram Rajan on why populist nationalism is “the first step toward crony capitalism” promarket.org/raghuram-rajan…
3) “Google is as close to a natural monopoly as the Bell System was in 1956″ -author and media scholar @JonathanTaplin on the rent-seeking and regulatory capture of digital platforms promarket.org/google-close-n…