Essays

The Architecture of Control: Market Power in the Attention Economy

September 5, 2025 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems Market Competition Technology & Innovation

Check out part 2 of our series on social media from Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) to learn more about market power and antitrust issues within the attention economy.

The Attention Economy and the Collapse of Cognitive Autonomy

July 15, 2025 by Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) Business & Political Systems Technology & Innovation

Check out the first in a series on social media from Denny Center Student Fellow Rai Hasen Masoud (F'27) to learn more about the attention economy and it's impacts on our democracy.

Corporate Capture

October 22, 2024 by Bryce Bennett (L'25) Business & Political Systems

Are you interested in the 'revolving door' between the public and private sector? Check out Denny Center Student Fellow Bryce Bennett's (L'25) piece on corporate capture.

Dependence Corruption and Democracy

August 19, 2024 by Maximilian Laufer (L’25) Business & Political Systems

In part 2 of his series on regulatory capture, Denny Center Student Fellow Maximilian Laufer (L’25) discusses campaign finance and dependence corruption.

ESG and Friedman's Free-Market Principles

July 24, 2024 by Guest Post from Corey Mirman (L'24) Business & Political Systems ESG

Interested in the intersection of ESG and free market principles? Corey Mirman (L'24) examines ESG, the anti-ESG pushback, and the business judgement rule in this student guest post.