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Search * Antitrust and Competition * Health Care * Money in Politics * Regulatory Capture * Rent seeking * Inequality * Digital Platforms * Economic History * Economic History Series * Friedman 50 Years Later * George Stigler * Research * Teaching * Reading Lists * Covid Economy * Commentary * About * Masthead and contacts * Write for ProMarket * Content Licensing * Antitrust and Competition * Health Care * Money in Politics * Regulatory Capture * Rent seeking * Inequality * Digital Platforms * Economic History * Economic History Series * Friedman 50 Years Later * George Stigler * Research * Teaching * Reading Lists * Covid Economy * Commentary * About * Masthead and contacts * Write for ProMarket * Content Licensing Antitrust and Competition Isabel Oakes, Anselm Küsters LESSONS FROM THE PAST? HOW ORDOLIBERAL COMPETITION THEORY CAN ADDRESS MARKET POWER IN THE DIGITAL AGE Some of the lessons uncovered by ordoliberal thinkers during the interwar period in Germany could help us tackle the current challenges posed by the significant market power held by Big Tech companies like Facebook. These lessons are especially useful when considering certain parallels between the historical circumstances in which ordoliberalism emerged and contemporary socio-economic and political trends. Editor’s note: The current debate in economics seems to lack a historical perspective.... Read more COMMENTARY Antitrust and Competition FACEBOOK’S RESPONSES TO CRITICISM SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE David Carroll The Facebook Papers show how Facebook’s relentlessly positive and defiant PR messaging... Read more RESEARCH Read more Antitrust and Competition TECH PLATFORMS AND THE ANTITRUST DUTY TO DEAL Erik Hovenkamp Read more Coronavirus STUDY: THE COVID-19 EVICTION MORATORIUMS HELPED REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY AND MENTAL STRESS Nitzan Tzur Ilan PODCAST FRANCES HAUGEN’S LEAKING OF THE FACEBOOK PAPERS WILL HURT DECISION-MAKING AT TECH COMPANIES Matt Perault WHO BEARS THE COST OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN HEALTH CARE? Joshua Gottlieb ANTITRUST’S LABOR MARKET PROBLEM Eric A. Posner A NEW CAPITALISN’T EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO PROMARKET NEWSLETTER Join our email newsletter Subscribe LATEST Economic History Series THE UNINTENDED ECONOMIST: HOW THORSTEIN VEBLEN PIVOTED FROM PHILOSOPHY TO ECONOMICS Charles Camic In an excerpt from his book Veblen: The Making of an Economist Who Unmade Economics, Charles Camic explores the connection between Thorstein... Read more Antitrust and Competition THE EUROPEAN UNION’S BIG POLICY BET AGAINST THE TECH GIANTS Philip Hanspach, Nicolas Petit If EU policymakers are truly concerned about restoring competitiveness to digital markets, they need to adjust their expectations when it comes to... Read more Economic History Series THE INVENTION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE FORGOTTEN ORIGINS OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONALIST ECONOMICS Onur Özgöde Contemporary critiques of GDP’s role in policymaking see it as an ideological abstraction, emblematic of neoliberalism, that misrepresents “real” economic conditions. What... Read more Academic Capture COGS AND MONSTERS: IS ECONOMICS DESTINED TO REMAIN A DISMAL SCIENCE? Jana Kasperkevic In her bold new book Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be, Cambridge professor Diane Coyle offers a... Read more Antitrust and Competition IS THERE A “CALIFORNIA EFFECT” IN DATA PRIVACY LAW? WHY THE EU IS NOT THE WORLD’S PRIVACY COP Jens Frankenreiter It is common lore in data privacy law and other fields that stringent regulatory standards (such as the ones introduced in the... Read more SHOW MORE WHAT WE'RE READING What we are reading BUSINESS CALLS FOR MORE ACTION AFTER COP26 DEAL IS WATERED DOWN ProMarket writers Read more [Financial Times] What we are reading BUSINESS SCHOOLS RESPOND TO A FLOOD OF INTEREST IN E.S.G. 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WHY? ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION RANGE FROM HOSPITAL MONOPOLIES TO PERVERSE INCENTIVES TO OPAQUE PRICING TO MEDICAL LICENSING TO PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS ABUSING IP PRACTICES TO “CREEPING CONSOLIDATION.” WHY IS THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SO BROKEN? AND WHAT CAN ANTIRUST DO ABOUT IT? CATCH-UP ON OUR COVERAGE OF ANTITRUST AND THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. Read the list Discover all reading lists Antitrust and Competition ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT IN PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETS. MARKET-ORIENTED LEGAL REFORM IS NEEDED. Alden Abbott Federal antitrust enforcement has been robust and effective in promoting prescription drug market competition and thereby enhancing consumer welfare. Antitrust enforcement in... Read more Antitrust and Competition COMPETITION PROBLEMS IN PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKET Michael Kades Although not the sole cause of high prescription drug costs, abusive practices that distort competition contribute to the problem. Too many companies... Read more Antitrust and Competition WHY THE FTC SHOULD CONSIDER SIZE IN DRUG MERGERS Patricia M. Danzon, Michael A. Carrier Large pharmaceutical firms retain their dominance through size-related advantages in three areas: contracting, marketing and selling, and financing. When reviewing pharmaceutical mergers,... Read more Antitrust and Competition THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SHOULD NOT DELAY ACTIONS TO PREVENT ANTICOMPETITIVE CONSOLIDATION IN US HEALTH CARE MARKETS Leemore Dafny Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafny lays out potential reforms to assist agencies in halting anticompetitive acquisitions and practices, and to preserve... Read more George Stigler GEORGE J. STIGLER, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES IN 1982 “FOR HIS SEMINAL STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES, FUNCTIONING OF MARKETS, AND CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF PUBLIC REGULATION.” HIS RESEARCH UPENDED THE IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT REGULATION WAS EFFECTIVE AT CORRECTING PRIVATE-MARKET FAILURES. STIGLER INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF REGULATORY CAPTURE, IN WHICH REGULATORS COULD BE DOMINATED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS. THESE REGULATORS WOULD WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF LARGE, MONIED ORGANIZATIONS RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC GOOD. CATCH UP ON PROMARKET'S COVERAGE OF HIS LEGACY. Read the list Discover all reading lists George Stigler THE METAPHYSICS OF REGULATORY CAPTURE Karthik Ramanna Stiglerian capture and corrosive cultural capture, its left-leaning parallel, are ostensibly symbionts, two attempts at identifying impediments to keeping markets competitive by... Read more George Stigler ASSESSING GEORGE STIGLER’S ECONOMIC THEORY OF REGULATION Cary Coglianese Despite its flaws and limitations, Stigler’s seminal article on the theory of economic regulation remains an important piece of scholarship worthy of... Read more Commentary THE MANY FACES OF STIGLER’S THEORY OF ECONOMIC REGULATION: INTEREST GROUP POLITICS STILL THRIVES—BUT INDUSTRY OFTEN COMES SECOND Richard Epstein Stigler treats industry groups as the heavyweights in regulatory contests. But surprisingly often groups of farmers and workers knock them for a... Read more Commentary GEORGE STIGLER’S ERRORS AND THEIR VIRTUES Daniel Carpenter George Stigler might have been wrong in his essay on economic regulation, but his influence is undeniable. The unity of purpose in... Read more Teaching Antitrust and Competition DOES MARKET POWER LEAD TO POLITICAL POWER? ProMarket writers A Stigler Center webinar explores what would be the foundations of a political and economic system that might be more resilient to pressure from powerful interests. Why has traditional antitrust policy been unable to prevent the rise of large politically-powerful firms? Should antitrust enforcers consider the political power of corporations and, if so, what are the benefits and perils of redesigning antitrust to promote political and economic liberty? These... Read more Antitrust and Competition MARKET POWER AND MONEY IN POLITICS ProMarket writers A Stigler Center webinar explores how businesses lobby and compete for political power and whether mergers and industry concentration affect lobbying. Firms compete in markets, and markets are affected... Read more Antitrust and Competition IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH COMPETITION? 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