Abandoning the Consumer Welfare Standard to Target Tech Would Harm Users
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights will hold a hearing today on “Reining in Dominant […]
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A Ruling Against Google in Gonzalez Could Create a “World of Lawsuits” and “Economic Dislocation”
Without the longstanding interpretation of Section 230 as providing broad protections to digital intermediaries and their users, the digital economy, built on user interactions with an enormous variety of content, could not continue to exist.
Proposed Legislation Could Create Higher Barriers to Entry for Startups
It’s no secret that companies of all sizes benefit from free and low-cost digital services like Slack, AWS and GitHub- […]
Scholars Identify Costs from EU Digital Agenda
The December 5th U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) third ministerial meeting was productive on several fronts, but made limited […]
Declining Retail Shrink Makes Shoplifting “Crisis” Narrative a Hard Sell
Last winter, press pieces abounded with stories about a purported shoplifting “crisis.” Such stories often included colorful quotes from certain […]
U.S. Inflation Is Driven By Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Goods, Not Market Power
Wherefore Inflation, Whither Policy Recent surveys show that Americans viewed inflation as the top problem facing the country as headline […]
Hal Varian on the Flawed Reasoning Behind Proposals to Regulate Tech
In a recent fireside chat, Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian discussed the flawed reasoning behind current legislative proposals to regulate […]
Key Services for Startups and Small Businesses Jeopardized by Antitrust Bills
Antitrust bills like S. 2992 and H.R. 3816 would increase the operating costs of five targeted firms (Amazon, Apple, Google, […]
Former Antitrust Enforcers Criticize Antitrust Bills Targeting Large Tech Firms
At a recent roundtable event, five leading competition economists criticized the design of recent antitrust bills like the American Innovation […]
Inventing a Shoplifting Apocalypse to Blame on Ecommerce
A recent Axios article titled “Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions” repeats claims by industry groups like the Retail Industry Leaders Association […]
