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Antitrust and Competition

Big Tech’s Tightening Grip On Internet Speech

Gregory M. Dickinson
Social media platforms have so transformed American life that many now view online speech as a right of citizenship—a right to be...
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Antitrust and Competition

The New Challenges of Assessing Big Tech’s Impact

Michael Gofman, Zhao Jin
Big Tech firms are facing the biggest wave of antitrust legislation in their history. Academic literature reveals the complexity of possible consequences...
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Antitrust and Competition

Why Privacy Experts Need a Place at the Antitrust Table

Cristina Caffarra, Johnny Ryan
Antitrust enforcers have tended to stay narrowly “in their lane,” failing to engage with how data is collected and used by digital...
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Antitrust and Competition

In FTC vs. Facebook, the Government Lost the First Round. It Could Still Win the Fight.

John Newman
Despite some compelling allegations, a federal judge dismissed the FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook due to the agency’s failure to explain how...
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Antitrust and Competition

Should Google Still be Allowed to Crown the Kings in Digital Markets?

Johannes Persch
Google search is continuously evolving into a full service provider, directly selecting and presenting the information that we are looking for. At...
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Antitrust and Competition

Why the FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook Was Dismissed

Herbert Hovenkamp
Many of the problems with the FTC complaint against Facebook that was dismissed in court last month appear to be fixable. However,...
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Antitrust and Competition

Rep. Cicilline’s Nondiscrimination Bill Would Offer a Lifeline to Independent App Developers

Hal Singer
Contrary to the naysayers, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act won’t result in naked iPhones or iPhones cluttered with hundreds of...
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Antitrust and Competition

The House’s Recent Spate of Antitrust Bills Would Change Big Tech as We Know It

Randy Picker
If enacted, the five bills that were introduced in the House this month would represent the most dramatic statutory changes to US...
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Antitrust and Competition

How to Tame the Tech Giants: Reverse the Burden of Proof in Merger Reviews

Tommaso Valletti
Most tech acquisitions are approved without a hitch, despite growing evidence that they bring little benefit, because regulators are waging an uphill...
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Antitrust and Competition

Congress’ Antitrust War On China and American Consumers

Herbert Hovenkamp
The latest bills currently debated in Congress regarding Big Tech—the US Innovation and Competition Act that was passed by the Senate this...
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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, 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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New eBook Revisits George Stigler’s Theory of Regulatory Capture 50 Years Later

Filippo Lancieri, 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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