antitrust and competition
“If You’re Running an Authoritarian Government, You Love Facebook”
In a wide-ranging interview with ProMarket, media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan explains why Facebook has become “too big to manage” and why he believes the...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (July 21–27)
The rumors of Facebook’s newfound vulnerability have been greatly exaggerated; Google reportedly employs more contractors than actual employees; Britain has a monopoly problem; and...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (July 14–21)
The EU’s record-breaking antitrust fine against Google might be too little, too late; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thanks one of his biggest advertisers, President...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (July 7–14)
Brett Kavanaugh is expected to bring his pro-business bent to the Supreme Court; the DOJ is appealing the AT&T-Time Warner merger approval; Britain fines...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 30–July 7)
Scott Pruitt resigns from the EPA; a new report finds that digital platforms are not fully complying with the EU’s new privacy rules; Google,...
A Former Central Banker Tells Other Central Bankers: “Stay Away From Davos”
In an interview with ProMarket, former Bank of England deputy governor Sir Paul Tucker explains why the “unelected power” of central bankers threatens our...
Ohio v. Amex, Supply Chain Fairness, and the Inadequacy of Antitrust’s Consumer Welfare Standard
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...
Editors’ Briefing: This Week in Political Economy (June 23–30)
The Supreme Court's Ohio v. American Express has few admirers; the financial disclosure of the new director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection reveals a...
With Amex Ruling, Modern IO Theory Makes Important Inroads with SCOTUS
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...
Ohio v. American Express: Clarence Thomas Sets Sail on a Sea of Doubt, and, Mirabile Dictu, It’s Still a Bad Idea
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...
