Chicago Booth Review

A small group of big companies play an outsize role in the US economy.

Where do these companies come from, and how do they become so influential?

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CBR’s Summer 2026 magazine is now available in print and online.

The issue explores the physical limits on AI usage, how accounting can supercharge small businesses around the world, and the irreplaceable social benefits of live conversation.

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What happens when your boss is an app?

On The In-House Ethicist, Chicago Booth's John Paul Rollert explores the ways in which Uber nudges and controls its drivers and how those efforts foreshadow a world where management will increasingly be automated.

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Why do corporations always win at the Supreme Court?

UCLA’s Adam Winkler joins to discuss a 200-year campaign by business to win the constitutional rights of human beings.

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Capitalisn’t: Why Corporations Always Win at the Supreme Court UCLA’s Adam Winkler traces a 200-year campaign by business to win the constitutional rights of human beings.

Private credit is all over the news, but Chicago Booth’s Stefan Hepp doesn’t think anyone is asking the right questions.

There are causes for concern, he notes, but limits on withdrawals aren’t among them.

Stop Asking the Wrong Questions About Private Credit There are causes for concern, but limits on withdrawals aren’t among them.

In June 2016, we published the inaugural issue of Chicago Booth Review.

On our 10th birthday, we roll back the tape and revisit some of what you’ve most enjoyed listening to, reading, and watching in the past decade.

Thank you for 10 wonderful years.

Explore our greatest hits 🎉

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Local government’s most important asset?

Chicago Booth’s Anthony Lee Zhang and his coauthors constructed a model that finds that your property taxes aren’t just a steady stream of income, but a long-term, backloaded financial claim.

Local Government’s Most Important Asset: Your Property Taxes Research reveals how the nature of property taxes affects housing values, government spending, and more.

Are stagnant wages the hidden price tag of a broken healthcare system?

Yale’s Zack Cooper argues that the US healthcare market is failing because of structural flaws like employer-sponsored insurance, which hides true costs from consumers.

Capitalisn’t: Is Healthcare Making Capitalism Sick? Yale’s Zack Cooper discusses the structural flaws that are ailing the US healthcare system.

Explicit segregation is illegal today, but some patterns of settlement haven’t fundamentally changed.

So how can housing segregation persist?

Chicago Booth’s Milena Almagro discusses her research on racial housing covenants.

Why Is Housing So Segregated? Chicago Booth’s Milena Almagro discusses her research on racial housing covenants.

Does Replaying Videos Change How We Watch Them? Chicago Booth’s Kristin Donnelly talks about her research on the “replay illusion.”