Take 5: Out of the Past
What can ancient Mesopotamia, the Great Depression, and the assassination of President McKinley tell us about modern politics and business?
Researchers: Nancy Qian, Leander Heldring, Filippo Mezzanotti, Carola Frydman and Michael Sinkinson
August 28, 2026
How America’s News Diet Went from Local to National
While many view the internet as the death knell of local print journalism, the unraveling started decades earlier—with the rise of television.
Researchers: Charles Angelucci, Julia Cagé and Michael Sinkinson
April 1, 2025
The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads
Patients and taxpayers benefit from controversial direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
Researchers: Michael Sinkinson and Amanda Starc
December 2, 2016
