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Darren Bush

Dr. Darren Bush is a Leonard B. Rosenberg College Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. He obtained his JD and PhD in Economics from the University of Utah.
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The Antitrust Output Goal Cannot Measure Welfare

Darren Bush
ProMarket published the article “The Antitrust Output Goal Cannot Measure Welfare.” The main claim of the article was that “a shift out in a...
Antitrust and Competition

Creating a Modern Antitrust Welfare Standard that Integrates Post-Chicago and Neo-Brandeisian Goals

Darren Bush
Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel A. Lozada argue that the Consumer Welfare Standard  is inconsistent with modern welfare economics and that a modern approach to antitrust could integrate traditional Congressional goals as advocated by the Neo-Brandesians. Such an approach could be the basis for an alliance between the post-Chicago economists and the Neo-Brandesians.
Antitrust and Competition

What Texas Never Learned From the California Energy Crisis

Darren Bush
The parallels between today's Texas energy market and California's energy market in the early 2000s are striking. Texas should learn from California's bitter experience...
Antitrust and Competition

The “Conspiracy” of Consumer Welfare Theory

Darren Bush
Matt Stoller argues there was a conspiracy. It was more of an association with a singular purpose. In April, Matt Stoller argued that a 1980...
Antitrust and Competition

Populism at the FTC Upsets the Antitrust Religion of Consumer Welfare: A Reply to Sokol and Wickelgren

Darren Bush
Institutional change, on any fundamental level, will have those that seek to defend the status quo up in arms. But in order to effectively...
Antitrust and Competition

What’s Behind Amazon’s Demand that FTC Chair Lina Khan Recuse Herself?

Darren Bush
Amazon’s attempt to get Khan to recuse herself from any antitrust investigation into the company is not the first time that a company has...

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