10 Facts About Luigi Zingales

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Luigi Zingales is a finance professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the author of two widely-reviewed books.

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Luigi Zingales's book Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists is a study of "relationship capitalism".

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Luigi Zingales received a bachelor's degree in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.

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Luigi Zingales serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.

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Luigi Zingales has been featured prominently in news media, which falls in line with his belief that economists should take a more public stance regarding what they believe in.

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Luigi Zingales has advocated replacing all taxes with a single consumption tax, a position usually associated with political conservatives.

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In July 2012, Luigi Zingales took part in the 'No-Brainer Economic Platform' project of NPR's program Planet Money.

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Luigi Zingales supported a six-part reform plan that involved eliminating all American income, corporate, and payroll taxes as well as the war on drugs and replacing the system with a broad consumption tax.

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Luigi Zingales generated controversy in 2018 when he invited former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to debate globalization and immigration at the University of Chicago against an undecided expert in the field.

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Luigi Zingales was the winner of the 2003 German Bernacer Prize to the best European economist under 40 working in macro-finance.