Economics
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3 Ways the Jeff Bezos-era Amazon Helped and Hurt U.S. Workers and Consumers
But the pain small business owners have felt in the Amazon age hasn’t come without gains, said Arthur Dong, a professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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Chinese Stocks: Gauging Risks Under Biden
“I do believe the overall tenor in terms of friction between the U.S. and China will continue, and that’s been made very clear by the incoming U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,” says Arthur Dong, professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
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Is the Regulatory Crusade Against Big Tech Over? What Experts Expect Under Biden Administration
“I suspect we’re going to be in a more quiet phase of antitrust prosecution of the Big Tech sector for a while now,” said John Mayo, an economics professor at Georgetown University specializing in antitrust policy and regulation. “But just the fact that it is quiet doesn’t mean that it isn’t percolating. In due course we’re going to find out where the agencies are, whether they really have the goods or not on big tech companies.”
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Lizhi Liu Earns 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award
Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor of strategy at Georgetown McDonough, was awarded the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award for the Best Dissertation in Institutional and Organizational Economics in June. This
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So You Want to be a Professor? Here are Some Inconvenient Truths
Jason Brennan, the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, is one of the most productive scholars I know. He earned his Ph.D. in 2007, and since then he has written nineteen books that are either published or forthcoming as well as 46 journal articles. On top of that, he’s a guitar aficionado who plays in two bands.
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MBA Prof. Arthur Dong: Warren Buffet Valuations & MBAs
How beneficial is an MBA when you have an undergrad business degree? What does a Warren Buffet valuation look like? Our latest guest is MBA Professor Arthur Dong, a professor of economic, financial, and managerial strategy at Georgetown’s MBA program! And stay tuned till the end when Professor Dong details his harrowing experiences doing business in post-Soviet Russia.
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Meet the Class of 2020: Katie Glaser (B’20)
Katie Glaser (B'20)Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina Majors(s): Accounting and FinanceMinor: Economics Why did you choose Georgetown? I chose Georgetown for its academic rigor, perfec
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Can It. Amazon Is Not Your Typical Grocery Store
An op-ed by Hal Singer, adjunct professor: “The coronavirus has rendered brick-and-mortar retailers even less capable at restraining Amazon’s market power. As the antitrust and regulatory spotlight shines bright on Amazon’s abuses during the pandemic, a report from The Wall Street Journal revealed last week that Amazon employees accessed data from individual marketplace sellers when developing products the company would create and sell under its own brand names.”
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Five Myths About Antitrust Law
An article by John Mayo, Elsa Carlson McDonough Chair of Business Administration, professor of economics, business and public policy and executive director, Center for Business and Public Policy: “After years of relative quiet, antitrust law and policy are back in the public eye. The Trump administration has targeted large technology-based firms for antitrust scrutiny. When she was running for president, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed a plan to break up big tech companies and regulate them as utilities; other Democratic candidates echoed her sentiments, if not her specificity. Discussions of antitrust policy are clouded, however, by common myths about this century-old but widely misunderstood area of the law.”
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With the Fed Expected to Ease, Doubts Arise Over Whether Rate Cuts Will Help
To address the dual threat, the Fed should act in concert not only with its peers but also fiscal authorities, said economist Paul McCulley, formerly of Pimco and now adjunct professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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