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Jesse Fried
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Presidential debate and cordial exchange inflame media coverage and angrily-worded letter
September 12, 2024
The presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump of course received much media coverage. Headlines have emerged in the aftermath,…
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Harvard Professors Launch ‘Faculty for Israel’ Group
September 4, 2024
Harvard University professors announced the founding of the school’s first “Faculty for Israel” group in a new op-ed for the campus newspaper. “Israeli students and…
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In spring 1994, the governor-general of New Zealand was welcomed to Oxford university with a traditional Māori ceremony known as a pōwhiri. On the croquet…
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An op-ed co-written by Jesse Fried: Last week, Brown, Northwestern, and the University of Minnesota struck deals with small but loud groups of Israel-hating students:…
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Elon Musk pay spat Q&A: What will Tesla and the billionaire do next?
February 2, 2024
Elon Musk’s pay has been catapulted into the headlines this week after a US judge ruled the billionaire cannot keep a 2018 compensation package, following…
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Explainer: The case against Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package
January 31, 2024
A Delaware judge on Tuesday invalidated Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package for his work as Tesla’s (TSLA.O), opens new tab chief executive, siding with…
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How to cut through the cacophony over DEI
January 16, 2024
What, if anything, should firms do to improve the diversity of their workforce? After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, many bosses felt compelled…
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Imagine a world where CEOs get paid $3 million a year
April 27, 2023
Okay, that may not be as dramatic as imagining world peace, but hey, I’m an economist. And, as I will argue, more reasonably paid CEOs…
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Jack Ma’s China homecoming heralds new era for Alibaba
April 14, 2023
When billionaire Jack Ma flew to Hangzhou on the morning of March 27, few could have predicted the domino chain of events that would shortly…
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Dimon in the rough
April 3, 2023
The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein is haunting finance on both sides of the Atlantic. Jamie Dimon, America’s most powerful banker, is due to be interviewed…
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The last time Alibaba made a radical move to reorganise its business the Chinese tech group set in motion a train of events that led…
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Harvard Law School faculty members are currently featured prominently on SSRN’s list of the 100 most-cited law school faculty in all fields.
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JPMorgan Chase is attempting to engineer what could be the biggest clawback of pay in Wall Street history by demanding that Jes Staley return more…
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President Joe Biden will present his budget Thursday at what Reuters calls a “campaign-style event” in a Philadelphia union hall. The budget will include, The…
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Biden’s 1% stock buyback tax isn’t working. Will asking Congress to raise it do any good?
February 9, 2023
Companies have been vocal about stock buyback authorizations during earnings season, from Chevron to ExxonMobil and Meta Platforms, and in the case of the first…
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Biden proposes higher taxes for the rich. Here’s how they work.
February 8, 2023
President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted the nation’s economic health in his State of the Union address, just days after a blockbuster jobs report showed…
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Over 150 US law professors sign statement opposing judicial reform
February 1, 2023
Over 150 American law professors signed a statement opposing the process and extent of the proposed judicial reforms on Sunday, expressing concern that it would…
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Over 70 U.S. Legal Scholars Warn Against ‘Speed and Scale’ of Israel’s Judicial Overhaul
January 31, 2023
Prominent legal scholars in the United States have joined the opposition to the Benjamin Netanyahu government’s proposed judicial reforms, in a public statement saying that…