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Seven Reasons Why the Wirecard Fraud Matters

We now know that Wirecard was a massive fraud. The company—treated like a rock star by regulators and key players in finance—fabricated...
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The Challenges to (Re)forming a Platform Economy for the People

Measured antitrust enforcement and a more comprehensive regulatory regime can ensure that we continue to benefit from digital markets. In attempting to...
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“Amazon Is Getting Richer by the Moment —But There’s a Limit to How Many People Jeff Bezos Can Buy”

In an interview with ProMarket, Barry Lynn discusses the current state of American antimonopoly, what the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about...
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Government Regulation is the Pro-Market Solution

The Covid-19 pandemic has utterly discredited the false dichotomy of government vs. markets. Extensive government regulation is a prerequisite for the proper...
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Milton Friedman and the Need for Justice

Milton Friedman predicated his shareholder value maximization credo on the strong implicit and explicit assumptions that the rules of society protect stakeholders...
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Should Whistleblower Reward Laws be Capped?

The SEC is expected to approve a proposed rule change that could limit the amount of awards paid to whistleblowers, despite evidence...
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“The Antitrust Doctrine We’ve Seen Over the Last 40 Years Simply Does Not Match the Lived Experience of People”

In an interview with ProMarket, investigative journalist David Dayen discusses the toll that monopoly power takes on the lives of ordinary Americans...
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Why We Should Be Careful About Google’s Promises in the Fitbit Deal

Google claims its acquisition of Fitbit is not about data, but hardware. This is simply not credible. Data plays a crucial role...
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Self-Favoring in the Digital Economy and the Role of Antitrust

At the moment, the strategy of the major tech platforms seems to be to deny any bias and malicious self-favoring. The facts,...
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The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing

In his new book Monopolized, journalist David Dayen tells the stories of individuals who have suffered at the hands of monopolists, showing...
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Antitrust and Competition

Digital Platforms Should Contribute to the Enforcement of Sector-Specific Regulations

Augustin Chapuis-Doppler, Vincent Delhomme
Tech companies often rely on the European Union’s outdated e-Commerce Directive to oppose and undermine new laws and regulations. The EU should...
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Antitrust and Competition

How Does the House Antitrust Report on Digital Markets Compare to Others Around the World?

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While the House Majority Report on digital platforms, published earlier this month, differs from other analyses both in terms of its structure...
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Tech Isn’t the Only Sector Deserving of Antitrust Investigation

Alec Stapp
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Addictive Social Media: Why We Need Regulation and Competition for Digital Platforms

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Antitrust and Competition

The US v. Google Case Bears More Than a Little Resemblance to the Microsoft Antitrust Case

Sally Hubbard
In many ways, the DOJ’s complaint is a near clone of the Microsoft case, making it a strong, low-risk first step in...
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