How do corporations and their leaders use money to impact key democratic outcomes such as elections and policy? To what extent do corporate lobbying and other forms of spending distort democracy? What actions might correct these distortions?

Stanford GSB Professor Neil Malhotra moderates a discussion with Professor Marianne Bertrand of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Bruce Freed of the Center for Political Accountability, and Professor Alexander Hertel-Fernandez of the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. The panelists are joined by additional discussants Karthik Ramanna of the Oxford Blavatnik School of Government, and Professors Anat Admati and Ken Shotts of Stanford GSB.

This is Session 2 of the Corporations and Democracy Conference, December 7-9, 2020. The full program and additional links are available here: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/c...

Watch the Introduction to the Conference:    • Corporations and Democracy Conference...  
Watch Session 1 on Corporations and their Political Voice:    • Corporate Legal Rights and Democracy  
Watch Session 3 on Expertise, Incentives, and “Thin Political Markets”:    • Expertise, Incentives, and “Thin Poli...  
Watch Session 4 on Corporations, Media, and Truth:    • Corporations, Media, and Truth  
Watch Session 5 on Corporations, Corruption and Democracy:    • Corporations, Corruption, and Democracy  
Watch Session 6 on Corporations and the Justice System:    • Corporations and the Justice System