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Antitrust and Competition

A Simple Way to Measure Tipping in Digital Markets

Nicolas Petit
Digital markets are prone to “tipping.” Policymakers are starting to look at tipping as a market failure worthy of consideration. But as much as...
Antitrust and Competition

Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Eric A. Posner
Senator Klobuchar’s bill includes many useful proposals to bolster antitrust enforcement, but the antitrust laws have been so weakened by the courts and by...
Antitrust and Competition

The Irony in Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill

Thomas A. Lambert
The antitrust reform bill recently proposed by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) purports to fix problems caused by antitrust courts’ reliance on “inaccurate economic assumptions.”...
Antitrust and Competition

Morale At the DOJ’s Antitrust Division Has Plummeted. Here’s How to Fix It

John Newman
The Biden administration should work to reverse the declining morale since a re-energized Antitrust Division will translate into more effective, innovative enforcement efforts.   The...
Antitrust and Competition

Forcing Interoperability on Tech Platforms Would Be Difficult to Do

Randy Picker
Governments around the world seem to be on a path to turn the leading tech firms into public utilities. Interoperability is likely to be...
Antitrust and Competition

What Would Lina Khan’s FTC Nomination Mean For the Future of Antitrust Enforcement?

Asher Schechter
If confirmed, Khan’s nomination potentially heralds a profound shift in the way that antitrust law is enforced and discussed in the US. Editor's note: Lina...
Antitrust and Competition

Congress Is Leaning Towards a Big Tech Breakup

Hal Singer
The dominant platforms have proven themselves to be ungovernable. Behavioral remedies, especially those that require continuous oversight, might be pushed aside. The only issue...
Antitrust and Competition

Antitrust at CPAC: Conservatives Debate Breaking Up Big Tech

Jana Kasperkevic
Speaking at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, Congressmen Darrell Issa and Ken Buck discussed their stances on breaking up Big Tech, Section 230,...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Are Google and Facebook Now Okay with Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code?

Derek Wilding
A week of commercial deals and government negotiations has resulted in a series of amendments to the legislation aimed at making Google and Facebook...
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 choice to...
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