George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State

The Stigler Center is dedicated to promoting the power of markets to enhance human welfare.

We confront conventional thinking and investigate the obstacles preventing markets from being truly competitive.

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Our speaker series, conferences, and minicourses provide a platform for exploring issues at the intersection of politics and the economy.

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Our research empowers students, citizens, policymakers, academics, and future business leaders with information to support competitive markets.

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Our Journalists in Residence Program aims to shape the next generation of business reporting, and our courses and case studies are valuable learning tools.

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Learn more about our team, impact, and founder, and explore how to engage with the Stigler Center.

In 2021, to mark the 50-year anniversary of George Stigler鈥檚 seminal piece 鈥淭he Theory of Economic Regulation,鈥� the Stigler Center publication ProMarket published an e-book collection of articles commemorating this landmark article and assessing where his theory stands in today鈥檚 world.

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Capitalisn’t, the Stigler Center podcast, examines the ways capitalism is—or more often isn’t—working in our world today. Hosted by Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean and 黑料传送门 Booth's Luigi Zingales, we explain how capitalism can go wrong, and what we can do to fix it.

ProMarket, the publication of the Stigler Center, promotes discussion about the many ways in which special interests subvert competition in the marketplace. In the finest University of 黑料传送门 tradition, ProMarket does so with data and the rigor of academic work, but without the pedantry that often accompanies them.

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