Right to Anonymous Speech, Part 1: An Introduction from First Principles
What is anonymity? Do we have a right to it? And against what other values should this right be balanced when it comes to government . . .
Right to Anonymous Speech, Part 1: An Introduction from First Principles
Are Markups Really SO Bad?
Concentration is a terrible measure of [insert basically anything people actually care about]. Have I said that before? Concentration tells us nothing about market power, efficiency, or whether . . .
Antitrust at the Agencies Roundup: Back to the Past Edition
Labor Day approaches with most of us looking forward to a long weekend off, but there’s much in competition world looming on the horizon. As . . .
When Greg Werden Talks, the Courts May Be Expected to Listen
Among the many public-interest comments submitted on the draft merger guidelines proposed by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were those . . .
Antitrust at the Agencies Roundup: The Cat’s Tuches of Summer Edition
I had thought we were in the dog days of summer, but the Farmer’s Almanac tells me that I was wrong about that. It turns out that . . .
Red Tape and Headaches Plague BEAD Rollout
While the dog days of August have sent many people to the pool to cool off, the Telecom Hootenanny dance floor is heating up. We’ve . . .
A Comparison of US and UK Physicians Advice on Nicotine and Vaping
In 2020, an academic paper suggested that more than 80% of U.S. physicians mistakenly thought that nicotine was a carcinogen. The implication of this finding was that . . .
Competition Increases Concentration
A market with 1,000 tiny sellers is not some ideal market. Concentration can be extremely beneficial, leading to economies of scale and stiffer competition to . . .
Broadband Deployment, Pole Attachments, & the Competition Economics of Rural-Electric Co-ops
In our recent issue brief, Geoffrey Manne, Kristian Stout, and I considered the antitrust economics of state-owned enterprises—specifically the local power companies (LPCs) that are government-owned . . .