Digital platforms
Presenting: The Stigler Center’s Report on How to Rein in Big Tech
The Stigler Center presents its policy suggestions on how to address the political and economic issues raised by the market power of tech platforms...
“The World Has Changed”: the New York Times on Luigi Zingales, the “Chicago School,” and the Threat of Tech Monopolies
A New York Times profile summarizes the work done by Luigi Zingales and the Stigler Center on regulating digital platforms and describes it as...
The Cost of America’s Oligopoly Problem
An innovative new study finds substantial, increasing deadweight losses resulting from oligopolistic behavior and points to the important role that startup acquisitions—particularly by large...
What Bernie Sanders’s Plan to Save American Journalism Gets Right – and What It Misses
Independent and effective news reporting is at the heart of the democratic process. The dangers to media plurality and local journalism that Sanders identifies...
How Amazon's Pricing Policies Squeeze Sellers and Result in Higher Prices for Consumers
Amazon's price matching policies, which were meant to ensure its dominant position, diminished the ability of brands to control how their products are distributed...
How Reforming Antitrust Can Restore a Competitive Economy
For decades, competition in America has been on the wane, leading to slower economic growth and a gaping chasm of inequality. Antitrust can help...
The News About Antitrust’s Impending Resurgence Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
The federal antitrust agencies don’t appear to be serious about their recent Big Tech push. And given that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary...
Why Antimonopoly Awoke From Its Slumber, Part 1: The Clinton Era’s Failed Utopia
In the first part of a three-part series, Matt Stoller explains why antimonopoly politics is experiencing a resurgence.
There are two basic components to...
We Need to Deal With WhatsApp's Misinformation Problem
A peculiar feature of WhatsApp groups has made the spread of misinformation much easier. We need better design guidelines for platforms like WhatsApp, ones...
How the Adtech Market Incentivizes Profit-Driven Disinformation
If we want to solve the disinformation crisis, we need to fix the perverse incentives created by the online advertising market through structural and...
