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The Role of the State

Antitrust and Competition

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: the Pandemic’s Long-Term Consequences

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean.      Of course, this weekend's list is mostly...
Antitrust and Competition

Captured Western Governments Are Failing the Coronavirus Test

Luigi Zingales
In deciding on possible countermeasures, residents of Western democracies often hear only two opposite perspectives: Is the priority to minimize the loss of human...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Depending on China for US Health Needs Is Dangerous

Matt Stoller
In 2018, the Health Industry Distributor’s Association opposed Trump's tariffs on China with the argument that dependence on China for things hospitals needed, like gloves,...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Save American Middle-Sized Businesses from the Coronavirus Supply-Chain Crisis

Matt Stoller
Congress passed an $8.3 billion spending bill to address the coronavirus epidemic, but the bill will not protect small companies. Republican Senator Marco Rubio put forward...
Antitrust and Competition

Spotify Is Mimicking Google’s and Facebook’s Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?

Matt Stoller
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
Antitrust and Competition

Spotify Is Mimicking Google's and Facebook's Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?

Matt Stoller
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
Antitrust and Competition

How to Restore Competition in Digital Advertising Markets and Protect Users

Filippo Lancieri
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is considering a range of interventions in digital advertising markets, among them obliging Google to share click and query...
Antitrust and Competition

US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security

Matt Stoller
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Antitrust and Competition

How Regulators and PwC Fooled Reporters—Again

Francine McKenna
Is the PCAOB really investigating PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its role in the Mattel auditing mess? I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt it....
Antitrust and Competition

How Google and Facebook Made Digital Advertising Markets Increasingly Opaque to Protect Their Dominance

Filippo Lancieri
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority, barriers to entry are so high that not even Amazon is a real threat to Google...
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