May 1, 2018

Amazon and the Unwisdom of the Populist Crowd

Kristian Stout

There are some who view a host of claimed negative social ills allegedly related to the large size of firms like Amazon as an occasion to call for the company’s break…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 1, 2017

FAKE NEWS’S NOT-SO-REAL ANTITRUST PROBLEM: CONTENT REMAINS KING

Gus Hurwitz

Concern about both fake news and the size of Internet mega-platforms like Facebook is popular these days. In each case the concern is intuitively obvious yet the pathway by which it manifests into tangible harm ambiguous.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 29, 2017

ABA Teleconference: Teleconference on Newspaper Antitrust Immunity

Geoffrey A. Manne

Summary David Chavern (News Media Alliance, whose members include NYT, WSJ, Tronc (Chicago Tribune, LA Times)), in a July 9, 2017 Wall Street Journal op-ed and subsequent press release, called…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 27, 2016

Capitol Forum & George Washington University Institute of Public Policy, Conference on Dominant Platforms Under the Microscope, Panel discussion: “Is Antitrust the Proper Remedy for Search Bias?”

Geoffrey A. Manne

WATCH: Video

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 10, 2016

Pushing Ad Networks Out of Business: Yershov v. Gannett and the War Against Online Platforms

Kristian Stout

The lifecycle of a law is a curious one; born to fanfare, a great solution to a great problem, but ultimately doomed to age badly as lawyers seek to shoehorn…

Innovation & The New Economy

January 1, 2016

Statement, Platforms, Intermediaries, Cloud Comp., Collaborative Econ.

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry

"The Digital Single Market Strategy (“DSMS”) initiative represents a unique opportunity to unify regulation across the EU’s member states around policies that promote transparency, stability, free trade, innovation and global economic growth..."

Innovation & The New Economy

December 10, 2014

The companies that actually manufacture networks and devices oppose Title II, which may be all you need to know

Geoffrey A. Manne

It’s easy to look at the net neutrality debate and assume that everyone is acting in their self-interest and against consumer welfare. Thus, many on the left denounce all opposition…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 3, 2011

Defining and Measuring Search Bias: Some Preliminary Evidence

Joshua Wright

Summary Search engines produce immense value by identifying, organizing, and presenting the Internet´s information in response to users´ queries.1 Search engines efficiently provide better and faster answers to users´ questions…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection