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Would the US be better off with legal sports gambling?
A Supreme Court decision has created an opportunity for legalized sports gambling. Should US states take it?
Will self-driving cars be as transformative as smartphones?
Should economic policy makers have economics degrees?
Would an education-based restriction promote good policy or needlessly narrow the candidate pool?
Should college athletes be paid?
Do the NCAA’s rules restricting player compensation benefit schools at the expense of players?
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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.