August 28, 2018

Whole Foods? Seriously? Why Are We Talking About Whole Foods? [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Chris Sagers

Christopher L. Sagers is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

Are the antitrust laws any defense to the real dangers of mega-mergers and big technology power aggregation? [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Jarod Bona & Steven Levitsky

Jarod M. Bona is the CEO of and Attorney at BonaLaw PC as well as a writer at The Antitrust Attorney Blog.  Steven Levitsky is also an Attorney at BonaLaw PC and a writer at  The Antitrust Attorney Blog.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

The Amazon / Whole Foods overreaction: Antitrust populism exposed [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Dirk Auer

Dirk Auer is a Research Fellow at the Liege Competition and Innovation Institute.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

It’s Not Time To Panic About Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods. Yet. [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Hal Singer

Hal Singer is a Principal at Economists Incorporated and an Adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

The Lasting Legacy of the Amazon-Whole Foods Merger Will Likely Be the Spread of Grocery Tech [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

William Rinehart

Will Rinehart is the Director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

Amazon-Whole Foods: The Speculation Then, the Evidence Today [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Eric Fruits

Eric Fruits is the Chief Economist at the International Center for Law & Economics.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

Amazon and Whole Foods, Historically Considered [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Steve Horwitz

Steve Horwitz is the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Department of Economics, at Ball State University.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 27, 2018

Blog Symposium Announcement: Is Amazon’s Appetite Bottomless? The Whole Foods Merger After One Year

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One year ago tomorrow the Amazon/Whole Foods merger closed, following its approval by the FTC. The merger was something of a flashpoint in the growing populist antitrust movement, raising some interesting questions — and a host of objections from a number of scholars, advocates, journalists, antitrust experts, and others who voiced a range of possible problematic outcomes.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 20, 2018

ICLE Comments, FTC's Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris & Gus Hurwitz & Kristian Stout

ICLE filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission in response to its request for comments in its recently announced Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Our full comments are available here.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection