Archive: News

• International Economics Seminar Series: Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks with Yulu Tang, Dartmouth

  At this week’s International Economics seminar, Yulu Tang, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College, presented her research article, “To Follow the Crowd? Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks." 

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• Alumni Spotlight: Rubén López Rivas (MBA ’12)

  In the first episode of the Center for Business and Public Policy’s Distinguished Alumni Spotlight series, Rubén López Rivas (MBA '12) shares his inspiring journey from systems engineering in Spain t

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• Mega-Merger Meltdown: FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons Deal, John Mayo Featured in The Economist

  The largest supermarket merger in U.S. history is off. On December 10th, federal and state judges backed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in blocking Kroger’s $24.6 billion bid to acquire Albertson

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• CBPP Hosts International Economics Seminar Series: Missing Tariffs with Feodora Teti, Princeton

  At a recent International Economics seminar hosted by the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy, Feodora Teti, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University, presented her recent research

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• Bonus Episode from MIT Sloan Podcast, Me Myself, and AI features “Lessons from Jobs in the Age of AI,” and the AI in Action Conference

  As part of the Center for Business and Public Policy’s flagship AI in Action Conference series, the "Jobs in the Age of AI" event hosted a thought-provoking discussion on the evolving impact of artif

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• From Digital Adoption to the Digital Divide: The CBPP Hosts Josie Brocca, Director General at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

  On November 19, the CBPP welcomed Josie Brocca, Director General at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, who delivered an insightful and comprehensive presentation, From Digital Adopt

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• AI and Advertising: Tim DeStefano Weighs In on Coca-Cola’s AI-Generated Ad

  Coca-Cola’s latest holiday ad campaign, created entirely with artificial intelligence, has sparked debate about the future of creativity and the impact of AI on industries like advertising. The ad, w

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• New Research Reveals Unintended Consequences of Capital Incentives on Tech Adoption

  In a new paper from CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Timothy DeStefano and colleagues, Do Capital Incentives Distort Technology Diffusion? Evidence on Cloud, Big Data, and AI, featured in VOXEU, DeStefano

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• Challenging the Neo-Brandeisian “Paradigm Shift” in Antitrust

  In his latest article featured in Chicago Booth’s ProMarket publication, CBPP Director John Mayo critically examines claims that the antitrust policies of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Kahn and

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• CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Mark MacCarthy Analyzes Self-Driving Car Challenges Amidst Political and Technological Shifts

  In his recent article featured by the Brookings Institution, The Evolving Safety and Policy Challenges of Self-Driving Cars, CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Mark MacCarthy examines the need for stronger s

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