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The Role of the State

Antitrust and Competition

Policy Failure: The Role of “Economics” in AT&T-Time Warner and American Express

James Biese
The recent AT&T and Amex decisions showcase the pitfalls of considering antitrust cases solely on the basis of economic analysis and may have the...
Antitrust and Competition

Ohio v. Amex, Supply Chain Fairness, and the Inadequacy of Antitrust’s Consumer Welfare Standard

Ramsi Woodcock
SCOTUS Forum. The University of Kentucky's Ramsi Woodcock argues that the problem with the Ohio v. Amex ruling is not that the Supreme Court got the outcome...
Antitrust and Competition

With Amex Ruling, Modern IO Theory Makes Important Inroads with SCOTUS

Randy Picker
SCOTUS Forum. In this second post in our roundtable of op-eds on the Supreme Court’s June 25 Amex decision, UChicago’s Randy Picker looks at...
Antitrust and Competition

Ohio v. American Express: Clarence Thomas Sets Sail on a Sea of Doubt, and, Mirabile Dictu, It’s Still a Bad Idea

Chris Sagers
SCOTUS Forum. In the first of a roundtable of op-eds on the Supreme Court’s Amex decision of June 25, Chris Sagers harks back to...
Antitrust and Competition

Was the Marketplace of Ideas “Politically Hijacked”?

Asher Schechter
A Stigler Center panel examines the influence of Big Five tech firms over political discourse and the marketplace of ideas. At one point during Mark...
Antitrust and Competition

No Fair Hearing for the DoJ in the AT&T-Time Warner Decision

Chris Sagers
Antitrust expert Chris Sagers of Cleveland State University enumerates the failings of Judge Richard Leon’s dismissal last week of the Department of Justice’s attempt...
Antitrust and Competition

AT&T Shellacs the Government in Time Warner Merger Case

Randy Picker
Professor Randy Picker of the University of Chicago Law School offers an early take on yesterday’s AT&T-Time Warner decision.     The US government got its clock...
Antitrust and Competition

Is Social Media Associated with Real-World Violence? A Study of the US President’s Tweets

Karsten Müller
A new study by researchers at the University of Warwick investigates the relationship between Donald Trump’s tweets and anti-Muslim hate crime—with sobering results for...
Antitrust and Competition

Could the Steward Health v. BCBS Trial Revitalize Monopolization Law?

Chris Sagers
It’s nearly unheard of for a monopolization case to go to trial, but the Steward Health v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode...
Antitrust and Competition

70 Years of US Corporate Profits

Simcha Barkai
A new Stigler Center working paper shows that after decades of decline, profits started increasing in the early 1980s. Financial profit is ostensibly the...
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