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The Role of the State

Antitrust and Competition

A Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Facebook, One Third Supports Breaking It Up

ProMarket writers
The annual Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index survey shows that 73 percent of Americans disapprove of Facebook’s policy not to fact-check political ads....
Antitrust and Competition

Like Microsoft, but With More Glitter: The Cheerleading Monopoly Problem

Matt Stoller
Cheerleading is a huge part of American culture. It’s also an expensive sport, especially after a company called Varsity Brands bought the National Cheerleader...
Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust’s Monopsony Problem

Sandeep Vaheesan
Four cases from the past decade alleging employer collusion against workers show that at present, antitrust law is ill-equipped to protect workers. A root...
Antitrust and Competition

How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media

Zhenqi Jessie Liu
A new study on three major social networks in China finds that tolerating small, relatively free platforms helps the Chinese government maintain sufficiently high...
Antitrust and Competition

Why an Antimonopoly Movement Is the Kind of Populism That Chile Needs

Daniel Matamala
President Piñera's approval rating has reached a record low, not just for the Chilean democracy, but for all of South America. The rise of...
Antitrust and Competition

“We Were Naïve,” Says FCC Chair Who Oversaw the Creation of Section 230

Guy Rolnik
In an interview with ProMarket, former FCC chair Reed Hundt spoke about antitrust, Big Tech platforms, the future of the 1996 provision that provided legal protection...
Antitrust and Competition

What Equity Markets Say About the State of Competition in the US Economy

Marc Jarsulic
A look at stock market valuations shows that barriers to entry are protecting the economic rents being earned by many corporations. There are likely...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Change Section 230 and Make Digital Platforms More Accountable

ProMarket writers
If elected, former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to "revoke immediately" the 1996 provision that gave tech companies like...
Academic Capture

Corporations and the Rise of the Chicago Law and Economics Movement

Robert Van Horn
From its birth in 1946 onward, corporations made possible and crucially supported the rise of the Chicago law and economics movement. Aaron Director,...
Antitrust and Competition

Should We Let Facebook Decide the Next President of the United States?

Stefano Feltri
Facebook admitted that only a binding regulation on political ads could prevent private corporations from influencing the outcome of US presidential elections. Without such...
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