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Antitrust and Competition

In FTC vs. Facebook, the Government Lost the First Round. It Could Still Win the Fight.

John Newman
Despite some compelling allegations, a federal judge dismissed the FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook due to the agency’s failure to explain how...
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Antitrust and Competition

Should Google Still be Allowed to Crown the Kings in Digital Markets?

Johannes Persch
Google search is continuously evolving into a full service provider, directly selecting and presenting the information that we are looking for. At...
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Antitrust and Competition

Why the FTC Antitrust Case Against Facebook Was Dismissed

Herbert Hovenkamp
Many of the problems with the FTC complaint against Facebook that was dismissed in court last month appear to be fixable. However,...
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Antitrust and Competition

Rep. Cicilline’s Nondiscrimination Bill Would Offer a Lifeline to Independent App Developers

Hal Singer
Contrary to the naysayers, the American Choice and Innovation Online Act won’t result in naked iPhones or iPhones cluttered with hundreds of...
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Antitrust and Competition

The House’s Recent Spate of Antitrust Bills Would Change Big Tech as We Know It

Randy Picker
If enacted, the five bills that were introduced in the House this month would represent the most dramatic statutory changes to US...
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Antitrust and Competition

How to Tame the Tech Giants: Reverse the Burden of Proof in Merger Reviews

Tommaso Valletti
Most tech acquisitions are approved without a hitch, despite growing evidence that they bring little benefit, because regulators are waging an uphill...
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Antitrust and Competition

Congress’ Antitrust War On China and American Consumers

Herbert Hovenkamp
The latest bills currently debated in Congress regarding Big Tech—the US Innovation and Competition Act that was passed by the Senate this...
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Digital Platforms

The Digital Society: “We Live in a World Obsessed With Cost Cutting”

Jana Kasperkevic
In an interview about his new book, The Inglorious Years, economist Daniel Cohen explores the emergence of the digital society and its...
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Commentary

How Twitter Weakened India’s Information Ecosystem

Prateek Raj
India’s Covid-19 crisis is a reminder that Indian democracy is also in a crisis, partly due to an information ecosystem where facts...
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Antitrust and Competition

The Biggest Problem Facing America: Misinformation-At-Scale

Joan Donovan
Technology companies must put community safety and privacy at the core of their business model, ensure that advertising technology is utilized responsibly,...
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Antitrust and Competition

How to Make the Market for Real Estate Agents More Competitive

Sophia Gilbukh, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Michael Sinkinson
Delinking buyer and seller commissions will make markets for real estate agent services more competitive, allowing buyers and sellers to negotiate commissions...
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Corporate Governance

Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation: Covid, the Retail Crisis, and REITs

Mark Pilkington
In an excerpt from his new book Retail Recovery, retail expert and author Mark Pilkington explores the impact of the sector's decline...
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Corporate Governance

Addressing Climate Change Must Begin with Verifiable Carbon Accounting

Robert Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna
Robert Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna propose a new approach for verifiable accounting on indirect corporate emissions that would apply to all corporations,...
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Antitrust and Competition

The FTC Was Correct to Withdraw the Vertical Merger Guidelines

Steven Salop
The 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines, now withdrawn by the FTC, did not represent sound merger policy, argues Steven Salop; rather, they were...
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Economic History Series

The Chicago Planning Program and the Interdisciplinary Tradition of the Chicago School

Daniel Kuehn
The Chicago Planning Program, an interdisciplinary program that operated at the University of Chicago between 1947 and 1956, is an often-neglected part...
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Antitrust and Competition

Why a “Whole-of-Government” Approach is the Solution to Antitrust’s Current Labor Problem

Hiba Hafiz
For the majority of America’s regulatory history, the problem of employer monopsony was understood as a competition policy issue that required direct...
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Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust Law’s Unwritten Rules of Unfair Competition

Sandeep Vaheesan
Does the Sherman Act actually “protect competition, not competitors”? An examination of the case law reveals a more nuanced picture, in which...
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