Lucas Kunce
Lucas Kunce is the National Security Director at the American Economic Liberties Project. He spent 13 years as a Marine officer and is a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Antitrust and Competition
How Wall Street Is Devastating Our National Security
Even the Pentagon now realizes that Wall Street’s insatiable appetite for easy profits and love of monopoly has become a clear and...
Antitrust and Competition
Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem
Tech platforms like Facebook say we should protect, empower, and celebrate their concentrated power for the sake of America’s national security. But...
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Antitrust and Competition
The Convoluted Regulatory Regime for M&A Assessments in the US
What happens when the goals of antitrust enforcers clash with regulators focused on issues of national security and public interest? A forthcoming book by Ioannis Kokkoris, Public Interest Considerations in US Merger Control, explores these tensions in the United States regulatory framework.
Antitrust and Competition
Was Microsoft’s “Polluted Java” a presumptively legal improved product design?
Section 2 defendants often interpret the holdings of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in U.S. v...
Income Inequality
Income Inequality May Worsen the Spread of Infectious Disease
Income inequality may exacerbate the spread of infectious diseases. In a new paper, Jay Bhattacharya, Joydeep Bhattacharya, and Min Kyong Kim examine the relationship between income inequality and the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis across countries.
Antitrust and Competition
The Classic Theory of Albert O. Hirschman Argues Against the US Chamber’s Case for Non-Competes
Drawing on the theory of Albert O. Hirschman’s Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Brian Callaci argues non-compete clauses stifle the important channels of communication between employees and businesses necessary for improving firm competitiveness. The evidence also shows that, despite claims from businesses, non-competes harm rather than reward employees for their loyalty.Â
Antitrust and Competition
AI For the Antitrust Regulator
Cary Coglianese lays out the potential, and the considerations, for antitrust regulators to use machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms.
Antitrust and Competition
Creation over Time in Copyright and Patent
On May 18, the United States Supreme Court decided two intellectual property cases with two seemingly different results. A closer look, however, reveals a complimentary concern with the monopolistic power of first movers and how the legal system should enable innovation from second movers over time, writes Randy Picker.
Event Notes
ESG Standards’ Good, Bad and Ugly
The Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State hosted a virtual event discussing the standards, metrics and disclosures of investments focused on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals. The following is a transcript of the event.
