antitrust and competition
How the Consumer Welfare Standard Propagates Gender and Racial Inequalities
Using the 2019 BB&T-SunTrust merger as a case study, Laura Beltrán argues that contemporary antitrust policy, based on the Consumer Welfare Standard, fails to...
Survey Highlights Backlash to Increasingly Political Corporate America
A recent poll shows that 71% of Americans view large companies negatively. The change has been driven by Republicans who dislike the rise of...
The Paramount Decrees and the Deregulation of Hollywood Studios
A landmark antitrust decision on Hollywood will sunset this year, paving the way for more major studios to overpower independent producers and exhibitors. A...
Antitrust Misunderstands Innovation. This Is How We Fix It.
Antitrust misunderstands innovation by focusing almost entirely on incentives to innovate to the neglect of questions regarding the ability to innovate through sharing knowledge...
Event Notes: Academic Bias Under the Microscope
That scholarship often reflects conscious and unconscious biases has long been an open secret in academia. On April 22, Professors Christian Leuz, Anat Admati,...
Too Many Economists Are Using a Flawed Theory To Defend Dominant Platforms’ Self-Preferencing Practices
Congress is currently considering two major bills that would regulate “self-preferencing” and related conduct by dominant digital platforms. Criticism of these bills is heavily...
Unfair Methods of Competition
The FTC’s new policy on unfair methods of competition is an assertion of the original purpose of the agency, allowing it to take on...
How the Wrong Presumptions Led to the Wrong Conclusions in the United/Change Healthcare Merger
On Sept. 19, a federal judge approved UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of Change Healthcare over the concerns of the U.S. Department of Justice. The judge’s...
Event Notes: The Consumer Welfare Standard Is Dead, Long Live the Standard
It seems that the only thing academics and policymakers can agree about regarding the Consumer Welfare Standard is that it needs reforming. On April...
Fighting New Antitrust Rules Is a Bad Move for Big Tech
With new limits on platforms taking effect in the EU and U.S. politicians showing greater willingness to defy tech titans, companies would do better...
