antitrust
The Unchecked Market Power of the American Health Care System
Chicago Booth alumnus and retired health care consultant David W. Ennis responds to ProMarket’s recent coverage on antitrust and the US health care system....
Big Tech’s Tightening Grip On Internet Speech
Social media platforms have so transformed American life that many now view online speech as a right of citizenship—a right to be protected against...
Why Privacy Experts Need a Place at the Antitrust Table
Antitrust enforcers have tended to stay narrowly “in their lane,” failing to engage with how data is collected and used by digital giants and...
A New Antitrust Under Biden? Lessons From the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
The early history of the Sherman Antitrust Act offers relevant insights to contemporary debates on how to best enforce antitrust laws. In fact, the...
Why the FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook Was Dismissed
Many of the problems with the FTC complaint against Facebook that was dismissed in court last month appear to be fixable. However, given that...
Why Are So Few Law Professors Interested in Antitrust?
Over the past five years, there have been 417 self-reported new US law professor hires. Over those five years, only seven candidates have reported...
Eliminating Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Won’t End the Georgia Political Boycott
There are good arguments for getting rid of baseball's long-standing exemption from antitrust laws, but the reason cited by Republican Senators angry at MLB’s...
Identifying the Market In the Facebook Antitrust Case
Facebook can be a monopolist over a cluster of noncompeting products that do not fit the standard economic definition of a “market.” The key...
Chinese Antitrust 2.0: Why Is China Going After Its Big Tech?
In an interview with ProMarket, Angela Huyue Zhang, author of a new book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, discusses the motivations behind the recent antitrust investigations...
Green Antitrust: Why Would Restricting Competition Induce Sustainability Efforts?
While “green” antitrust is gaining momentum, its key premise—that restricting competition would incentivize companies to jointly take more sustainability initiatives—finds little or no ground...
