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Why Consolidation Undermined the Airline Industry’s Ability to Recover from the Coronavirus Crisis

A major factor contributing to the industry’s struggles during the current crisis was the loss of resiliency due to the consolidation...
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Antitrust and Competition

New Study Warns Antitrust Inaction May Lead To Acceptable Collusion for Public Policy Considerations

Or Brook
The modernization of EU antitrust laws muddied the water with regard to the ways that antitrust authorities and courts should handle situations...
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Antitrust and Competition

Dark Money Dominates Spending by Special Interest Groups and Sways Elections

Matthew Denes, Madeline Marco Scanlon, Florian Schulz
New research on undisclosed and unlimited political contributions, or dark money, exposes the increasing role that such funds play in U.S. elections.
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Antitrust and Competition

The “Conspiracy” of Consumer Welfare Theory

Darren Bush, Mark Glick
Matt Stoller argues there was a conspiracy. It was more of an association with a singular purpose.
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Antitrust and Competition

Researchers Find Reduced Competition After Pandemic

Brooke Fox
The chart of the week comes from a new research paper that documents the increase in small business closures during the Covid...
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Voters Still Believe Politics is About the Common Good, Not Just Rent-Seeking

Chad Kendall, John G. Matsusaka
Do voters still believe that politics can be a source for common-good policies and not just partisan bickering and rent-seeking? With political...
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