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Line of Inquiry: Elisabeth Kempf on the costs of meritless lawsuits
How big a problem is meritless litigation for US companies? It depends on how innovative they are.
How women and minorities have driven wage growth
A large portion of the increase in workers' earnings in the last 50 years is due to the decline in barriers facing women and minorities entering certain professions.
No, America is not more divided than ever before
The cultural gap in the US is largely stable—not widening.
Capitalisn’t: The aftermath
Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales review everything from TARP to Dodd-Frank to see how we averted a worse recession.
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Are profits passé?
Demand for corporate social responsibility is forcing companies to value more than money.
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Should public companies do more than maximize profits?
BlackRock cofounder Sue Wagner joins Chicago Booth’s Marianne Bertrand, Robert H. Gertner, and Luigi Zingales to discuss the business of business.
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How should we balance efficiency and equality?
Chicago Booth’s Marianne Bertrand, Nicholas Epley, and Erik Hurst discuss whether and how policy makers should take into account the distributional effects of economic policy.
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When it makes sense to pollute—and how to change the equation
A trove of documents reveals the corporate decision-making that led to an environmental disaster, and could lead to other bad behavior
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Words to live by: Flops, nudges, and sludge
A Nobel laureate offers advice on trying new things and creating long-term value.
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Trump’s trade policy is an exercise in futility
The president is unlikely to achieve any of his objectives.