Gans on Apple and Antitrust
Joshua Gans has an interesting post examining potential antitrust issues involving Apple, an issue we’ve discussed here and here. Gans focuses in on the two . . .
Gans on Apple and Antitrust
An update on the evolving e-book market: Kindle edition (pun intended)
[UPDATE: Josh links to a WSJ article telling us that EU antitrust enforcers raided several (unnamed) e-book publishers as part of an apparent antitrust investigation . . .
Apple, Antitrust, and the FTC
Antitrust investigators continue to see smoke rising around Apple and the App Store. From the WSJ: For starters, subscriptions must be sold through Apple’s App . . .
Carl Shapiro to CEA
The WSJ reports that Carl Shapiro, deputy assistant attorney general for economics in the DOJ’s antitrust division, has been nominated by President Obama to his . . .
Elite College Pays — For Men, But Not Women
David Leonhart points out the new Dale & Krueger study on the value of an elite undergraduate education. His punchline: A decade ago, two economists . . .
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Leegin II
From the WSJ: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to take another look at its controversial 2007 antitrust ruling that allowed manufacturers to set . . .
Is the FTC Moving to the National Gallery of Art?
The Federal Trade Commissioners have posted a letter to Congressmen John Mica and Nick Rahall, members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, “in response . . .
Dan Crane’s The Institutional Structure of Antitrust Enforcement
Dan Crane’s new book is now available from Oxford University Press (HT: Danny Sokol). Dan has been a repeat visitor to TOTM, is a co-author, . . .
Antitrust and ObamaCare
There is an interesting story developing on antitrust enforcement and collaboration between hospitals and doctors encouraged by the new health care law. The New York . . .