Digital platforms
Allowing Digital Platforms to Continue Picking the Winners and Losers of Our Economy Is Un-American
Antitrust law aims to stop established companies from shutting out competitors. We should revive enforcement against exclusionary conduct, as well as structurally eliminate the...
How US Regulators Allowed Google and Facebook to Become Dominant
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority recently criticized Google and Facebook's excessive market power. American regulators, on the other hand, have allowed them to consolidate...
Five Conditions for Corporations About to Receive Coronavirus Bailouts
Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are getting ready for massive bailouts, so here are the conditions to put on large corporations who need...
Spotify Is Mimicking Google’s and Facebook’s Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
Spotify Is Mimicking Google's and Facebook's Strategy: Will It Ruin Podcasting?
Spotify announced the acquisition of The Ringer, one of the biggest networks in podcasting: a step further in its quest to dominate the audio industry...
US Big Business vs China: How Monopolies Harm National Security
China’s goal is to concentrate power, both within China and over Western industrial commons. The best reaction is not to mimic Chinese autocratic control...
Capitalisn’t in a New Episode on the Gig Economy: A Reading List
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash have brought the term "gig economy" into our lexicon. But what is the gig economy, really? In the...
Facebook’s Enduring Control Over Social Media Markets
According to the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Facebook accounts for 75 percent of the UK’s social media market. Over the past 10 years,...
The Chicken/Egg Problem With Google Search That Prevents Competition
Google controls the British search market, according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. Its 90 percent market share and profits from general search are...
Google’s and Facebook’s Grip on Digital Advertising Markets
Since July 2019, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has been conducting an extensive investigation of the digital advertising market. In its preliminary report on...
