monopoly
Fixing Platform Monopoly in the Google Search Case
Google is on trial for anticompetitive behaviors designed to protect its monopoly in internet search. Herb Hovenkamp analyzes several possible remedies the presiding court and Department of Justice could pursue and suggests which ones may succeed in reinforcing competition to protect consumer interests.
Too Many Economists Are Using a Flawed Theory To Defend Dominant Platforms’ Self-Preferencing Practices
Congress is currently considering two major bills that would regulate “self-preferencing” and related conduct by dominant digital platforms. Criticism of these bills is heavily...
The Understated Relationship Between Market Dominance and Political Influence
A new model explains the feedback loop between monopolies and politicians and the unexpected developments in the relationships between the two, as well as...
How and Why Baseball’s Legal Monopoly Came to Be
Baseball’s antitrust exemption, currently the subject of fierce political backlash, has long been a historical curiosity. Why has a professional sports league enjoyed a...
Why We Need To Re-think Friedman’s Ideas About Monopolies
Friedman’s New York Times Magazine article on the social purpose of business was a specific intervention in the debate over shareholder activism and mentions...
Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Bill Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Senator Klobuchar’s bill includes many useful proposals to bolster antitrust enforcement, but the antitrust laws have been so weakened by the courts and by...
What the Biden DOJ Can Learn From the Clinton and Obama Years on How to Tackle America’s Monopoly Problem
The Clinton DOJ attacked international cartels. The Obama DOJ prioritized merger enforcement. The Biden DOJ needs to focus on America’s monopoly problem.
Antitrust is like...
Why Isn’t the FTC Tackling Facebook’s Data-opoly?
Nothing in the FTC’s and states’ complaints’ prayer for relief seeks to give users greater control over their data, such as not being tracked...
What Should the Biden Administration’s Antitrust Agenda Look Like? A Roundtable
How will US antitrust policy look under President Joe Biden? We caught up with four antitrust experts—Jonathan Baker, Zephyr Teachout, William Kovacic, and Teddy...
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...
