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#128. März 2024
The Case Against Antitrust
Blog: Cato at Liberty
The threat of abusive public power is far larger than the threat of private market power.
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#28. Juni 2023
Antitrust: Dilatancy Before the Earthquake?
Blog: Conversable Economist
Many years ago, I learned that “dilatancy” is a stage in the build-up before an earthquake, when rocks have been pushed together as tightly as possible under the pressures of shifting tectonic plates. Antitrust regulation may be experiencing its own dilatancy before an earthquake. The underlying problem here is that the actual antitrust laws (the … Continue reading Antitrust: Dilatancy Before the Earthquake?
The post Antitrust: Dilatancy Before the Earthquake? first appeared on Conversable Economist.
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#32. August 2018
Antitrust Pt 2: The Populists
Blog: Capitalisn't
The second in a special 3-part series on antitrust law. Kate and Luigi talk with Lina Khan, author of the article "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox," and a member of the New Brandeis Movement, which believes that antitrust enforcement should be more broadly applied and not just rely on consumer welfare.
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#46. Juli 2023
Wörsdörfer on Apple and Antitrust
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Manuel Wörsdörfer (University of Maine) has posted Apple's Antitrust Paradox (European Competition Journal, (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper builds on Khan's work on Amazon's antitrust paradox by transferring her normative framework to Apple Inc. It explores...
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#515. März 2024
The Generic Drugs Antitrust Case
Blog: Conversable Economist
Imagine that in the market for generic drugs, a group of companies form a cartel to raise prices on the products controlled by their group. Other companies were not involved. What pattern might you expect to see for the prices of drugs controlled by the cartel, or not controlled by the cartel. Amanda Starc and … Continue reading The Generic Drugs Antitrust Case
The post The Generic Drugs Antitrust Case first appeared on Conversable Economist.
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#619. Februar 2024
The Pickle Poetry Antitrust Case
Blog: Conversable Economist
Back in 2002, the private investment firm called Hicks Muse that owned the Vlasic Pickle Company sought to purchase the Claussen Pickle Company. The Federal Trade Commission blocked the merger. In the press release announcing the action, the FTC said: According to the FTC’s complaint, Hicks Muse’s proposed acquisition of Claussen would eliminate competition and … Continue reading The Pickle Poetry Antitrust Case
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#716. August 2018
Antitrust Pt 3: The Europeans
Blog: Capitalisn't
Our third and final episode on antitrust law looks at the E.U.'s recent $5 billion fine against Google. Kate and Luigi hear about double-sided markets from Nobel-winning economist Jean Tirole and explore the E.U. vs. U.S. approach to antitrust enforcement.
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#819. Juli 2018
Antitrust Pt 1: The Establishment
Blog: Capitalisn't
The first in a special 3-part series on antitrust law. In the wake of the approved merger between giants AT&T and Time Warner, Kate and Luigi talk with a leading expert, Carl Shapiro, about the evolving concept of consumer welfare and whether antitrust law needs to change with the times.
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#919. Juli 2023
Bagg on Antitrust and Democracy
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Samuel Bagg (University of South Carolina - Department of Political Science) has posted Whose Coordination? Which Democracy? On Antitrust as a Democratic Demand (Politics & Society) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The growing movement seeking to revive an aggressive,...
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#1018. August 2023
Blaszczyk on Blockchain and Antitrust
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Matt Blaszczyk (Georgetown University, Law Center) has posted Trustless Trust and Antitrust: A Synthesis on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Authors have written of antitrust's demise in the face of blockchain technology which, supposedly, achieves the goals of the law,...
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#1110. Juli 2023
Orbach on Antitrust and Inflation
Blog: Legal Theory Blog
Barak Orbach (University of Arizona) has posted The Neo-Brandeisians Are Wrong About Greedflation (ProMarket, The publication of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (June 28, 2023)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Some progressive...
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#1225. März 2024
The Absurd Apple Antitrust Lawsuit
Blog: Reason.com
If you fail to see a problem with Apple's actions, you may not be an overzealous government lawyer.
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#1331. Juli 2023
Antitrust and the Consumer Welfare Goal
Blog: Conversable Economist
The “merger guidelines” that have been published by the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice since 1969–with updates happening every 10-15 years–serve an unusual role. They are not federal regulations like, say, rules about what level of pollutants can be emitted from the Environmental Protection Administration. Instead, the merger guidelines seek to … Continue reading Antitrust and the Consumer Welfare Goal
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#1414. März 2019
Is Global Antitrust Off the Rails?
Blog: Capitalisn't
In the wake of a blocked merger between the German and French rail giants Siemens and Alstom, Kate & Luigi debate the role of global antitrust regulators. How do they protect consumers while also helping domestic companies compete with state-supported rivals from China?
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#1526. September 2023
FTC Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon
Blog: Reason.com
Among the allegations, the agency charges that Amazon Prime subscribers are incentivized to make the most of their subscription by buying more products.