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Antitrust and Competition

How Private Equity Companies Are Lobbying to Profit from The Covid-19 Economic Fallout

Matt Stoller
Private equity funds aren’t just seeking to save the investments they already have, but to get access to more capital to invest in a...
Antitrust and Competition

America’s Concentration Problem: a Webinar With Thomas Philippon, Chad Syverson, and Guy Rolnik

ProMarket writers
Watch a Stigler Center webinar with NYU professor Thomas Philippon and Chicago Booth professor Chad Syverson on Philippon’s new book, The Great Reversal: How...
Antitrust and Competition

The Danger of No Antitrust Enforcement: How a Merger Led to the US Ventilator Shortage

Matt Stoller
In order to enhance its market power, a large medical device manufacturer and distributor named Covidien bought up the small and competitive Newport Medical...
Antitrust and Competition

Why Amazon Is Poised to Emerge from the Covid-19 Crisis Stronger Than Ever

Shaoul Sussman
So far, Amazon has reacted to the coronavirus outbreak with restrictions designed to cement its market power at the expense of merchants and consumers. Amazon...
Antitrust and Competition

The Darkest Side of Monopsony: The South Korean Case

Sangin Park
"Chaebols”, large business groups controlled by founder families, are usually considered a crucial ingredient of South Korea's economic miracle. But after a process of...
Antitrust and Competition

The Stimulus Package Is Too Expensive and Poorly Targeted: The Waste Contained in the CARES Act

Amit Seru
A cost-effective stimulus to mend the effects of a 24 percent drop in GDP would cost no more than $1.3 trillion over a 6-month...
Antitrust and Competition

America’s Broken Health Care System Is the Biggest Obstacle to Containing the Coronavirus

Asher Schechter
Over the past few weeks, it has become abundantly clear that the US health care system is uniquely ill-equipped to deal with a crisis...
Antitrust and Competition

The Covid-19 Bailout That Big Business Is Lobbying for Could Make America Unrecognizable

Matt Stoller
Supporting industries is necessary to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. But using the coronavirus as an excuse, Boeing and other companies are...
Antitrust and Competition

Elon Musk Wants to Get Paid. He Will Get His 2019 Bonus Thanks to an Accounting Magic

Francine McKenna
In March 2018, Tesla’s Board of Directors granted Musk a potential bonus of 20,264,042 stock option awards under a  plan that uses “adjusted EBITDA” as one...
Antitrust and Competition

Allowing Digital Platforms to Continue Picking the Winners and Losers of Our Economy Is Un-American

Sally Hubbard
Antitrust law aims to stop established companies from shutting out competitors. We should revive enforcement against exclusionary conduct, as well as structurally eliminate the...
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