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Articles by Kate Conlow
Academic Economists Have an Ethics Problem
In a recent article, Kate M. Conlow explores how feeble requirements among the American academic economics community to disclose conflicts of interest are compromising research and harming policymaking. Last month, Senators Chuck Grassley and Tina Smith proposed the Livestock Consolidation Research Act to study the economic impact of concentration in the beef packing industry.
What Does the Supreme Court Have to Say About Consumer Welfare? A Reply to Professor Hovenkamp
There is a tension in the discourse as to the purpose of antitrust policy. In one camp, consumer welfare still reigns supreme. In another, there is greater acceptance that the consumer welfare standard is flawed, or at least controversial. Disciples of the first camp argue that antitrust policy should focus exclusively on increasing output as a proxy for consumer welfare.
Interview with Austin Frerick, author of "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry"
Austin Frerick is the author of the book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, out later this month, which explores the powerful corporations that monopolize entire sectors of the U.S. food system: from pork, beef, and dairy, to grains, coffee, berries, and grocery stores.
Book Review: 'Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry' by Austin Frerick
Austin Frerick’s captivating and necessary book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry (March 2024, Island Press), is a road trip through America’s heartland — but not the one depicted in Grant Wood’s paintings of rural Iowa. Where Wood depicted an early 20th century lush with rolling fields of green, Frerick’s contemporary America details manure lagoons, algae-bloomed lakes and windowless buildings overflowing with cattle.
So Long as Professional Teams Have Local Monopolies, Stadium Subsidies Will Never End
According to J.C. Bradbury, an economics professor at Kennesaw State, owners of professional men’s sports teams have received more than $19 billion in taxpayer subsidies this century. And according to a recent article in the Salt Lake City Tribune, men’s professional sports around the United States continue to ask for billions more.
Follow The Money: Labor Market Restrictions Are All About Transferring Income from Athletes to Teams
In recent years, economists have become increasingly interested in the study of monopsony power. Such research has indicated that monopsony power does indeed exist. Furthermore, where it exists the gains to workers suffer. Much of this research has ignored what sports economists have known for decades. The study of sports taught economists who were paying attention that enhancing the market power of labor clearly results in a larger share of the pie going from owners to workers.
Independence after REACH
There was a time in Ali Heath’s life when she believed that living independently and attending college were unattainable goals. Today, as a 27-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities, Heath lives on her own in Iowa City, holds a job she loves working as a preschool teacher, and is regularly involved in local theater productions. She attributes much of her full and rewarding life today to attending and graduating from the UI REACH program.
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