Weekend reading: “lobbying and entrepreneurship” edition

This is a weekly post we publish on Fridays with links to articles that touch on economic inequality and growth. The first section is a round-up of what Equitable Growth published this week and the second is the work we’re highlighting from elsewhere. We won’t be the first to share these articles, but we hope by taking a look back at the whole week, we can put them in context.

Equitable Growth round-up

Equitable Growth released a new working paper by Harvard University’s Daniel Carpenter and Brian Libgober that seeks to quantify the benefits of lobbying for businesses.

Liz Hipple digs into the implications of Carpenter and Libgober’s work: While most people focus on congressional lobbying, this research investigates the significant effects of lobbying during the rulemaking process.

New research shows that childhood exposure is critical to entrepreneurship and innovation. I examine why, in an era of rising inequality and economic segregation, this has profound effects on U.S. economic competitiveness.

New York University professor of law, Daniel Shaviro, reflects (opens in a new tab) on Greg Leiserson’s presentation, “Removing the free lunch from dynamic scores: Reconciling the scoring perspective with the optimal tax perspective,” given at the law school’s Tax Policy Colloquium Series earlier this week (make sure to check out part two (opens in a new tab) and three (opens in a new tab) as well).