Harry First
Harry First is the Charles L. Denison Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He was twice a Fulbright Research Fellow in Japan and taught antitrust as an adjunct professor at the University of Tokyo. From 1999-2001, he served as Chief of the Antitrust Bureau of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. Professor First’s scholarly writing includes a study of the Microsoft litigation, The Microsoft Antitrust Cases: Competition Policy for the Twenty-first Century (co-authored with Andrew Gavil), the casebook Free Enterprise and Economic Organization: Antitrust (co-authored with John Flynn and Darren Bush), and various book chapters and law review articles. First is a contributing editor of the Antitrust Law Journal, foreign antitrust editor of the Antitrust Bulletin, a member of the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the New York State Bar Association, and a member of the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute.
Antitrust and Competition
Why “The Jury’s Out” on the Government’s Case Against Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued Google, claiming it runs its digital ad business to unfairly advantage...
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Development
Mobile Internet Is Changing Employment in Developing Countries, but Not Always as Expected
Scholars and policymakers have put much faith into the prospect of internet connectivity catalyzing development in low- and middle-income countries. In new...
Fiscal Policy
Biden’s Second-Best Economic Agenda
Efficiency is out and political economy is in. But what does that imply about making good policy?
Monetary Policy
The Fed and Bank Failures
Viral Acharya and Raghuram Rajan explain how quantitative easing contributed to the problems underlying the recent bank failures such as that of...
Antitrust and Competition
Self-Preferencing Theories Need To Account for Exploitative Abuse
Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, and Frédéric Marty argue in their research that antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic must take...
Antitrust and Competition
Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
ESG & Corporate Governance
History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
Regulation
Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
