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Antitrust and Competition

The Only Regulation Mark Zuckerberg Likes Is No Regulation

Stefano Feltri
In an op-ed and a white paper, Facebook's CEO argues that "private companies should not make so many decisions alone when they touch on...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Growth, Amazon, and Baseball

Bethany McLean
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...
Antitrust and Competition

Facebook’s Enduring Control Over Social Media Markets

Filippo Lancieri
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Facebook accounts for 75 percent of the UK’s social media market. Over the past 10 years,...
Media

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Tesla Special Edition

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.        Today's reading list is—what else?—a Tesla special. There’s...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Flash Crash, Alaska, and Venture Capital

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      Remember the flash crash of 2010? Here's...
Antitrust and Competition

How Allowing a Little Bit of Dissent Helps the Chinese Government Control Social Media

Zhenqi Jessie Liu
A new study on three major social networks in China finds that tolerating small, relatively free platforms helps the Chinese government maintain sufficiently high...
Media

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Bezos’ Phone, Musk Vs Short Sellers, and Boris Johnson

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.  Who, us? Kill dissidents? Hack phones? Nooooo,...
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Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Ghosn's Escape, Apollo's Founder, and Leveraged Loans

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.    This week is all Bloomberg, all the...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Change Section 230 and Make Digital Platforms More Accountable

ProMarket writers
If elected, former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to "revoke immediately" the 1996 provision that gave tech companies like...
Antitrust and Competition

Should We Let Facebook Decide the Next President of the United States?

Stefano Feltri
Facebook admitted that only a binding regulation on political ads could prevent private corporations from influencing the outcome of US presidential elections. Without such...
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