antitrust and competition
Fixing Facebook Would Take More Than Collective Action – It Requires Structural Change
With its dominant market power and its role as both social outlet and news provider, Facebook possesses enormous power over the flow of free...
Should Facebook Pick a Side?
Boycott organizers want Facebook to “pick a side” and align its corporate operations with aggressive activism on issues such as racism and social justice....
Why Competition Law Is So Important for Developing Countries
Competition contributes to economic growth, and promoting competition law enforcement will enhance the growth prospects of developing countries. However, developing countries ought to tailor...
How Germany Managed to Outlaw Facebook’s Core Business Model
In a surprise ruling last month, the German Federal Court of Justice determined that Facebook must comply with an earlier decision by Germany’s competition...
Why Most Advertisers Can’t Afford to Boycott Facebook
While big brands can afford to pause their addiction to Facebook, most advertisers cannot participate, as they have become so dependent on Facebook’s ad-targeting...
The United States: An Exceptional Case? A Webinar With Stephen Haber, Richard R. John, and Luigi Zingales
Many see the US as a land where free markets and antitrust enforcement have historically kept monopolies under control. But is that really the...
Regulators Turn Their Attention Towards Apple’s Exploitation of App Developers. Now What?
Congress could level the playing field for independent app developers by looking to regulatory templates in music.
Last week, the European Commission announced it was...
At the Heart of the European Commission’s Investigations of Apple Is a Basic Question: How Should Apple Make Money?
Just like Spotify, Apple has amassed an installed base of users. Spotify sells its users to advertisers while Apple sells its users to app...
Was the 2017 FCC Spectrum Auction a Success—or a Disappointing Failure?
In a post published on his company’s website, Stanford professor Paul Milgrom responded to the recent ProMarket pieces by Glen Weyl and Stefano Feltri...
AT&T’s Treatment of HBO Max Sparks Calls for Net Neutrality Rules. But Is Sector-Specific Regulation the Right Solution?
Not all forms of self-preferencing should be banned, but we do need a standard by which to evaluate allegations of anticompetitive self-preferencing. Congress should...
