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Solutions to the Threats of Digital Monopolies
In Chapter 5 of the forthcoming Stigler Center ebook Digital Platforms and Concentration, published in anticipation of the eponymous conference at Chicago Booth on April 19 and 20, ProMarket editor Guy Rolnik and coauthors give an overview of the challenges facing the regulators of tech giants today.
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A German Approach to Antitrust for Digital Platforms
In Chapter 2 of the ebook Digital Platforms and Concentration, forthcoming ahead of the Stigler Center’s annual antitrust conference on April 19 and 20, Justus Haucap of Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf examines the distinctiveness of how Germany does antitrust for big tech, with specific looks at its current investigations of Google Shopping and Facebook and how useful data portability could really be.
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eDistortions: How Data-opolies Are Dissipating the Internet’s Potential
In this chapter from the forthcoming Stigler Center ebook Digital Platforms and Concentration, published in anticipation of the eponymous conference at Chicago Booth on April 19 and 20, Ezrachi and Stucke consider how leading digital platforms and data-opolies distort the online environment for private gain at the expense of the common good.
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Roger McNamee: “I Think You Can Make a Legitimate Case that Facebook Has Become Parasitic”
In an interview with ProMarket, Facebook early investor Roger McNamee talks about his efforts to get Facebook to fix its business model and the moment he realized the social media giant is unwilling to change.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (April 1–April 7)
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The Stigler Center Dedicates Second Annual Antitrust and Competition Conference to Digital Platforms and Concentration
The invitation-only conference will bring together economists, law scholars, intellectuals, venture capitalists, and businesspeople to debate how to promote competition in a world of network effects.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 24-March 31)
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (March 17-March 24)
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Are Google and Facebook Monopolies?
Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales and George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen discuss the market power wielded by digital platforms, and how to promote competition.
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Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 17–Feb. 24)
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In Capitalisn’t Pilot, Zingales and Waldock Fret at Prospect of a Monopolist-in-Chief
In the inaugural episode of the new podcast from the Stigler Center and Chicago Booth Review, economists Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales probe the dangers of marrying business power with government power—without once uttering the name Trump.
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