antitrust and competition
The Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Has Charted a Course for President-Elect Biden: He Should Follow It
Real antitrust reform of the kind offered by the Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee is needed to assist enforcers in precisely the types of competitive harms...
How Does the House Antitrust Report on Digital Markets Compare to Others Around the World?
While the House Majority Report on digital platforms, published earlier this month, differs from other analyses both in terms of its structure of analysis...
Tech Isn’t the Only Sector Deserving of Antitrust Investigation
The House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust report was a missed opportunity. The 450-page report focused solely on digital markets. But what about antitrust in other...
The US v. Google Case Bears More Than a Little Resemblance to the Microsoft Antitrust Case
In many ways, the DOJ’s complaint is a near clone of the Microsoft case, making it a strong, low-risk first step in curbing Google’s...
Should Antitrust Promote Economic Liberty? A Webinar
Should antitrust be designed to promote economic liberty? Watch a Stigler Center webinar discussing what such a system might look like, and the potential...
The Challenges to (Re)forming a Platform Economy for the People
Measured antitrust enforcement and a more comprehensive regulatory regime can ensure that we continue to benefit from digital markets. In attempting to increase competitiveness,...
The Wirecard Saga: Germany’s Enron Moment?
How did Wirecard go from a “rockstar” to a company that fabricates customers, invents profits, and expropriates investors’ capital? Watch a Stigler Center webinar...
Antitrust as Economic Stimulus
By attacking power imbalances, competition policy can steer income to workers and independent merchants who are more inclined to spend than monopoly platforms.
When the...
“Amazon Is Getting Richer by the Moment —But There’s a Limit to How Many People Jeff Bezos Can Buy”
In an interview with ProMarket, Barry Lynn discusses the current state of American antimonopoly, what the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about the fragility...
The Roots of Congress’ Pathbreaking Report on Big Tech
While the House Judiciary report is chock-full of impressive “gotcha” moments concerning anticompetitive conduct by tech platforms, the real bombshell is the 30-page long...
