SLS Law and Political Economy (LPE)
SLS Law and Political Economy (LPE)
All the President’s Regulators: Trump and the Future of the Federal Trade Commission: October 20, 2025
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMore than a century ago, Congress established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to combat corporate consolidation and rising monopoly power. Designed as an independent agency, the FTC was tasked with enforcing civil antitrust laws. This independence was intentional—Commissioners could only be fired by the President for cause, and the Commission itself could not become dominated […]
The Lawyerly Society and the Engineering State: January 21
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us at 12:45 p.m. on January 21 for a discussion with Dan Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future. A roundtable discussion will follow Dan's remarks on the future of US-China competition.
Building Tomorrow: Tino Cuéllar on Leadership in an Age of Crisis: May 14
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAt a moment when law, statecraft, and civic institutions are being remade under pressure, few people have crossed disciplinary and institutional divides as fluidly as Tino Cuéllar. He currently leads America's oldest foreign policy think tank and serves on the governing boards of Harvard University and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He is also […]