Resources Archive - Page 9 of 251 - International Center for Law & Economics

June 21, 2021

tl;dr - The Problems with Municipal Broadband

Background... President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for “future proof” broadband infrastructure, with priority for broadband networks “owned, operated by, or affiliated with local governments, non-profits, and co-operatives―providers with…

Telecommunications

June 13, 2021

NY ‘Abuse of Dominance’ Bill Attacks Consumer Welfare and the US Antitrust Tradition

Alden Abbott

U.S. antitrust law is designed to protect competition, not individual competitors. That simple observation lies at the heart of the Consumer Welfare Standard that for years has been the cornerstone…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 10, 2021

ITSA Foreshadows Final Act in 5.9GHz Fight

Ian Adams & Harold Feld

It’s a telecom tale as old as time: industry gets a prime slice of radio spectrum and falls in love with it, only to take it for granted. Then, faced…

Telecommunications

June 10, 2021

Breaking Down House Democrats’ Forthcoming Competition Bills

Samuel Bowman

Democratic leadership of the House Judiciary Committee have leaked the approach they plan to take to revise U.S. antitrust law and enforcement, with a particular focus on digital platforms. Broadly speaking, the…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 9, 2021

Bad Blood at the FTC

Thomas Lambert

John Carreyrou’s marvelous book Bad Blood chronicles the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time Silicon Valley darling that was revealed to be a house of cards.[1] Theranos’s Svengali-like founder, Elizabeth…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 3, 2021

Conflicting Missions: The Risks of the Digital Markets Unit to Competition and Innovation

Samuel Bowman & Aria Babu & Sam Dumitriu

The UK's Digital Markets Unit will combine the powers and operating structure of a narrow sector regulator with a cross-sector purview that is much closer to the CMA’s economy-wide reach.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 3, 2021

A Dynamic Analysis of Broadband Competition: What Concentration Numbers Fail to Capture

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

The instinct to promote broadband network buildout is understandable, but precisely how that infrastructure funding is deployed will determine whether such proposals succeed or fail.

Telecommunications

June 2, 2021

tl;dr - Build Broadband Better: Focus on Competition, Not Competitors

Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

Background... Claims that the U.S. broadband market is insufficiently competitive have prompted public policy proposals to stimulate market entry, including through subsidies to government-run broadband service. The White House has…

Telecommunications

May 27, 2021

The Globalization of Antitrust: A Cost-Benefit Appraisal

Alden Abbott

Virtually all countries in the world have adopted competition laws over the last three decades. In a recent Mercatus Foundation Research Paper, I argue that the spread of these laws has…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection