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Darren Bush
Dr. Darren Bush is a Leonard B. Rosenberg College Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. He obtained his JD and PhD in Economics from the University of Utah.
Antitrust and Competition
Populism at the FTC Upsets the Antitrust Religion of Consumer Welfare: A Reply to Sokol and Wickelgren
Institutional change, on any fundamental level, will have those that seek to defend the status quo up in arms. But in order...
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Antitrust and Competition
What’s Behind Amazon’s Demand that FTC Chair Lina Khan Recuse Herself?
Amazon’s attempt to get Khan to recuse herself from any antitrust investigation into the company is not the first time that a...
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Money in Politics
Healthcare Companies Spent More on Lobbying Than Any Other Industry Last Year
Brooke Fox
Threatened by regulated price caps from congress, the pharmaceutical industry spent nearly $390 million on lobbying in 2021 according to new data...
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Antitrust and Competition
Antitrust and Rule by Judges
Paul Tucker
The early-1980s Posner-Stigler memorandum to incoming president Reagan’s transition team is interesting for a host of reasons, but most of all in...
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Antitrust and Competition
Should the European Union Require Tech Firms to Adopt a Common Charger?
Federico Innocenti
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Martin Peitz
According to a new European Commission directive expected to be approved in the next few months, tech firms will have to use...
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Chart of the Week: Economists Don’t Think Congress Should Make Price Gouging Illegal
Brooke Fox
Most economists disagree with a new bill in the US that would set limits on "unconscionably excessive prices," according to a recent...
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Antitrust and Competition
Neoliberal Economists Are Giving Biden Bad Advice on Inflation
Hal Singer
To spare the economy from the pain of further interest rate hikes, the President should aggressively pursue anticompetitive conduct by companies in...
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Antitrust and Competition
How Would the Big Tech Self-Preferencing Bill Affect Users?
Randy Picker
The Senate looks to be nearing a vote on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would prohibit gatekeeping digital platforms...
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News
New eBook Revisits George Stigler’s Theory of Regulatory Capture 50 Years Later
Filippo Lancieri
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Luigi Zingales
To mark the 50-year anniversary of George Stigler’s seminal piece, “The Theory of Economic Regulation” we are publishing a new eBook examining...
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