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The Antitrust Cases Against Facebook And Google: In Search of a Smoking Gun

In the Microsoft antitrust case, Bill Gates’ emails were perhaps the government’s most compelling evidence. Now, as regulators pursue antitrust cases against Facebook and Google,...

The US v. Google Case Bears More Than a Little Resemblance to the Microsoft Antitrust Case

In many ways, the DOJ’s complaint is a near clone of the Microsoft case, making it a strong, low-risk first step in curbing Google’s...

How Market Design Economists Helped Engineer a Mass Privatization of Public Resources

In 2017, the Federal Communications Commission conducted a complex two-sided auction to reallocate spectrum from broadcasters to mobile communications companies. The way economists designed...

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Growth, Amazon, and Baseball

Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      In school, our kids learn about having...

The Chicken/Egg Problem With Google Search That Prevents Competition

Google controls the British search market, according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. Its 90 percent market share and profits from general search are...

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