Capitalism & Democracy News

BESI Director Paul Pierson and BESI Climate lead Jonas Meckling recently offered insights in the New York Times.

The Biden administration has taken some bold moves to rein in big tech and to challenge market concentration more broadly. Who is winning this battle and why? What are the possibilities for and constraints on a fundamental shift in market power in America? Watch the video of a BESI panel bringing together scholars who study the history, theory, and practice of antitrust with advocates directly engaged in policy debates today.

BESI presented a talk by Leah Stokes, a professor from UC Santa Barbara, on the creation and ramifications of the Inflation Reduction Act for climate policy.