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Antitrust and Competition

“The Antitrust Doctrine We’ve Seen Over the Last 40 Years Simply Does Not Match the Lived Experience of People”

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, investigative journalist David Dayen discusses the toll that monopoly power takes on the lives of ordinary Americans and why...
Antitrust and Competition

To Ban Or Not to Ban TikTok: How Reciprocity on the Internet Could Backfire

Hal Singer
Reciprocity can work on a chalkboard, in simple settings. In real-world settings such as trade, it has proven to be ineffective. How does a free...
Antitrust and Competition

Why We Should Be Careful About Google’s Promises in the Fitbit Deal

Lucas Griebeler da Motta
Google claims its acquisition of Fitbit is not about data, but hardware. This is simply not credible. Data plays a crucial role in the...
Antitrust and Competition

Self-Favoring in the Digital Economy and the Role of Antitrust

Christian Bergqvist
At the moment, the strategy of the major tech platforms seems to be to deny any bias and malicious self-favoring. The facts, however, do...
Antitrust and Competition

When Big Tech Firms Buy Startups, Antitrust Enforcers Should Take Notice

Michael L. Katz
A frequent argument made in favor of allowing Big Tech firms to acquire smaller firms is that permissive merger policy promotes innovative entry. A...
Antitrust and Competition

How the European Commission Lost Its Tax Battle Against Ireland and Apple

Liza Lovdahl Gormsen
Last month’s decision by Europe’s General Court to reject the European Commission’s attempt to recover €13 billion in back taxes from Apple was the...
Antitrust and Competition

Monopolies: Silent Spreaders of Poverty and Economic Inequality

James A. Schmitz Jr.
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the vast inequalities that exist within the US economy. Monopoly power should be at the top of policymakers’ list...
Antitrust and Competition

The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing

Hal Singer
In his new book Monopolized, journalist David Dayen tells the stories of individuals who have suffered at the hands of monopolists, showing the myriad...
Antitrust and Competition

Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem

Lucas Kunce
Tech platforms like Facebook say we should protect, empower, and celebrate their concentrated power for the sake of America’s national security. But their history...
Antitrust and Competition

Big Tech Is Officially Too Big to Manage

Shaoul Sussman
Last week’s Congressional hearing on Big Tech showed the CEOs of the four largest tech platforms unable to answer basic questions about their own...
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