October 14, 2018

ICLE Comments, the regulation of consumer data

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

Executive Summary These comments were submitted to the FTC as part of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” In these comments, we analyze three overarching…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

October 3, 2018

Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation: Principles, evidence, and a research agenda

Eric Fruits

ICLE has released a white paper entitled Vapor products, harm reduction, and taxation: Principles, evidence and a research agenda, authored by ICLE Chief Economist, Eric Fruits.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

Amazon-Whole Foods Blog Symposium

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On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law and Economics presented a blog symposium — Is Amazon’s Appetite Bottomless? The Whole Foods Merger After One Year — that looked at the concerns surrounding the closing of the Amazon-Whole Foods merger, and how those concerns had played out over the last year.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

Amazon-Whole Foods symposium wrap-up

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Truth on the Market and the International Center for Law and Economics presented a blog symposium — Is Amazon’s Appetite Bottomless? The Whole Foods Merger After One Year — that looked at the concerns surrounding the closing of the Amazon-Whole Foods merger, and how those concerns had played out over the last year.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 28, 2018

The Amazon-Whole Foods merger: Natural and organic competition in the evolving grocery industry [Amazon-Whole Foods Symposium]

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

Geoffrey A. Manne is the President & Founder at the International Center for Law & Economics. Kristian Stout is the Associate Director of Innovation Policy at the International Center for Law & Economics.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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