The Growth of Big Business: 1900-2020

Big firms are playing a larger role in the US economy–but also in the economies of high-income countries around the world. Yueran Ma, Mengdi Zhang, and Kaspar Zimmermann compile the evidence in “Business Concentration Around the World: 1900-2020” (University of Chicago Becker-Friedman Institute for Economics, February 27, 2026, the link offers a readable overview and a followup link … Continue reading The Growth of Big Business: 1900-2020 The post The Growth of Big Business: 1900-2020 first a...