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Antitrust and Competition

“Free is Not Free”: What the Apple-Facebook Spat and the GameStop-Robinhood Fiasco Have in Common

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, antitrust scholar, lawyer, and businesswoman Dina Srinivasan explains why she believes that if users were given the...
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Antitrust and Competition

Big Tech’s Fight Over Privacy: Could Facebook Win an Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple?

Herbert Hovenkamp
Do the new iOS 14 privacy features violate antitrust laws? If Facebook brings an antitrust suit against Apple, as it is reportedly...
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Antitrust and Competition

Giving Away Our Data for Free is a Market Failure

Nicholas Economides, Ioannis Lianos
By convincing users to give away their data for free, digital platforms have caused a market failure. This failure benefits them and...
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Antitrust and Competition

False News Has a Long History—But Those In Power Failed To Heed It

Samuel Woolley
In his book The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth, Samuel Woolley explores how governments failed...
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Antitrust and Competition

The Great Deplatforming: Can Digital Platforms Be Trusted As Guardians of Free Speech?

Robert Sprague, Mary Ellen Wells
Online social media platforms accepted the role of moderating content from Congress in 1996. The Great Deplatforming that occurred after January 6...
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Antitrust and Competition

Digital Platforms May Be Monopolistic Providers, But They Are Not Infrastructure

Carlo Amenta, Michele Boldrin, Carlo Stagnaro
Social media platforms are not infrastructure nor natural monopolies, and they should be regulated only if they have monopolistic power and abuse...
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Antitrust and Competition

The Digital Markets Act Represents a Change in Europe’s Approach to Digital Gatekeepers

Florence G’sell
The Digital Markets Act is not a competition tool as such. Rather, it is a market regulation whose main objective is to...
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Antitrust and Competition

There Are Lots of Competition Problems on the Internet. Parler’s Takedown Is Not One of Them.

Hal Singer
Parler’s antitrust case against Amazon is doomed, and there is no basis for Congress to impose any special duties on Amazon to...
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Antitrust and Competition

“An Offer We Can’t Refuse”: How We Gave Away Our Data and Made Big Tech What It Is Today

Tommaso Valletti
WhatsApp’s new terms of service should come as no surprise. For years, Big Tech has been offering its users these “take it...
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Antitrust and Competition

Paul Romer: “If You Think Moderation is Censorship, You’ve Got a Competition Problem”

Jana Kasperkevic
During a Stigler Center keynote webinar, Nobel laureate Paul Romer discussed concentration problems in the US and possible solutions, including a “pigouvian”...
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Corporate Governance

Do Companies Invest In Corporate Social Responsibility At the Expense of Their Employees?

Guglielmo Briscese
The past decade has seen companies increasing investments in initiatives of corporate social responsibility (CSR), such as donating a share of profits...
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Corporate Governance

Millennials and Gen Z Are Willing to Accept Lower Wages to Work in More Sustainable Firms

Daniel Metzger, Philipp Krüger, Jiaxin Wu
Firms in more environmentally friendly sectors are better able to attract and retain talent and at lower wages. Millennials and Gen Z,...
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News

Fahmi Quadir: “Short Sellers are Always an Easy Boogeyman”

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview with ProMarket, short-seller Fahmi Quadir, who has shorted companies like Wirecard and Valeant, discussed the public perception of short-sellers...
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Antitrust and Competition

How the FTC Protected the Market Power of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Stacy Mitchell, Zach Freed
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were established in the 1960s to control drug costs but have since morphed into one of the most...
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Money in Politics

Recovering from Kleptocracy: A 10-Step Program

Larry Diamond
In his book Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency, Larry Diamond highlights 10 steps to close existing loopholes...
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Corporate Governance

How Corporate Purpose Affects Firms

Claudine Gartenberg
A company’s purpose is a core aspect of the organization: it influences the financial performance of company, and relates to its ownership...
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Antitrust and Competition

Market Power and Money in Politics

ProMarket writers
A Stigler Center webinar explores how businesses lobby and compete for political power and whether mergers and industry concentration affect lobbying. 
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