More Thoughts on Free Market Orthodoxy in Antitrust
In my last post I claimed that there is a no “free market economics orthodoxy” amongst antitrust economists or those working in the field of . . .
More Thoughts on Free Market Orthodoxy in Antitrust
How Rough Do Dissenters From “Free Market Economics” Have It Anyway?
There are some good posts from several fine economists in the blogosphere responding to this NY Times article suggesting that the majority of economists are . . .
Newsflash! AAI supports merger review!
In shocking news, the American Antitrust Institute has come out with a white paper suggesting that the FTC’s challenge of the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger . . .
Evaluating Leegin
Thom’s excellent post covers most of the important points in Leegin and offers a fairly comprehensive critique of what I deemed to be a surprisingly . . .
Dr. Miles (1911-2007)
So Dr. Miles is dead. May he rest in peace. No great surprises in the majority opinion in Leegin. Justice Kennedy, quite rightly, emphasized points . . .
Predictions on Leegin
Well we’re coming down to the wire, folks. The Supreme Court is wrapping up its term any day now, and no still no word on . . .
Whole Foods: Where’s the [premium, natural and organic] beef?
John Mackey posts a remarkable public response to the FTC, including the complete text and extended exegesis of one of the inflammatory hot docs that . . .
Credit Suisse and “Sector Regulation”: SCOTUS Picks the Right Poison
In Monday’s Credit Suisse v. Billing decision, the Supreme Court held that the federal securities laws implicitly precluded the application of antitrust law to the . . .
FTC’s Whole Foods complaint: still bulls**t
As Manfred reports over at the Antitrust Review, the judge has unsealed the FTC’s complaint against Whole Foods. This unredacted version reveals an unhealthy reliance . . .