antitrust and competition
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 13–20)
This week in political economy.
The backlash against big tech that began in 2017 continues in earnest. The Economist’s cover story this week: “How to...
New Study Shows Just How Bad the US Labor Market’s Competition Problem Really Is
In recent decades, antitrust policy has all but ignored the issue of monopsony power. Yet a new paper shows that across the US economy,...
Why Behavioral Remedies Won't Work in the Case of AT&T-Time Warner
It is clear from the economics in the government’s complaint against the AT&T-Time Warner merger that the harms to competition articulated by the Department...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Jan. 5–13)
This week in political economy.
Facebook is embarking on a radical overhaul of its news feed, emphasizing status updates from friends and family and...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 22– Jan. 5)
This week in political economy.
In Project Syndicate, Joseph Stiglitz writes about the GOP’s recently-passed tax package, which he dubs “The US Donor Relief...
In Capitalisn’t Pilot, Zingales and Waldock Fret at Prospect of a Monopolist-in-Chief
In the inaugural episode of the new podcast from the Stigler Center and Chicago Booth Review, economists Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales probe the...
Inequality, Imperialism, and the First World War
Branko Milanovic on his new paper with Thomas Hauner and Suresh Naidu exploring inequality prior to World War I and providing empirical support for...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 16–22)
This week in political economy.
Eric Schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Schmidt, who joined Google...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 9–Dec. 16)
This week in political economy.
House and Senate Republicans released the final version of their tax bill late Friday afternoon. The Washington Post breaks...
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Dec. 2–Dec. 9)
The stories that most interested us this week.
David Sirota and Josh Keefe of International Business Times reveal that Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)...
