A new article in the New England Journal of Medicine says what people like me have been saying for years: mergers are harmful and more rigorous enforcement is needed. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
It was a pleasure and a privilege to speak at Denver Law Review’s incredibly well-run, informative, and timely symposium on antitrust.
A video recording of the symposium will be published in the coming weeks. I will also share my remarks soon.
Looking forward to speaking at Denver Law Review’s Volume 103 Symposium, Beyond Profit: Antitrust Regulation, Market Structure, and the Boundaries of Corporate Power this Friday.
Details below.
I will be publishing my remarks after the event.
Reminder to Dems and progressives: touting a policy as “pro-competition” or “pro-business” is uninspiring and misses the mark on what a progressive policy project aims to do. We are trying to create a more democratic, inclusive, & responsive political & economic system.
Looking forward to the panels at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting today. If you’re attending, feel free to reach out or come say hello!
I’ll be discussing the article at the Denver Law Review’s symposium, “Beyond Profit: Antitrust Regulation, Market Structure, and the Boundaries of Corporate Power” on April 17. I can’t wait for what is going to be a terrific event.
I argue that the SCOTUS should loosen the requirements for granting Parker Immunity and explain how state legislators can leverage the doctrine to strengthen worker and small business power.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Excited to share a draft of my forthcoming article, “Parker Immunity as a Wellspring of Democratic Governance,” to be published in volume 106 of the Denver Law Review.
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to the Harvard Law School Antitrust Association. I argued that corporations control our lives with impunity, & that antitrust law is vital to tackling this problem & enhancing the public's economic & political liberty. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I’m running for Congress! ❤️✌🏻
Thank you!!
I am immensely excited and grateful for the opportunity to speak @hls.harvard.edu on March 11. I will be discussing how antitrust is shapes power and democracy. If you are a current HLS student, please come to the event and say hello.
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When will you be posting to SSRN?? Looks like an amazing read.
The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review.
It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions
The Post layoffs are an incalculable loss for local journalism, and one that we won't recover from anytime soon. But as billionaires destroy beloved institutions, it’s our job to build new ones. The @51st.news can't fill this void alone, but I think we owe it to DC to try.
51st.news/dc-bezos-was...
When is the pre-order opening?! I would buy this in a milli-second.
The final version of Tara Pincock and I's paper detailing the intrinsic fairness foundations in antitrust law was just published in the latest online version of the Washington & Lee Law Review. Enjoy! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The follow-up question for journalists should be: is Intel still on track to build the manufacturing facilities that Congress appropriated that money to fund ?
Recall that, in buying an equity stake in Intel, the Trump admin removed the conditions placed on the Biden CHIP grants requiring Intel to use it to boost domestic manufacturing
Intel then announced they planned to pay off their debts with the $
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Yet another letter from members of congress urging the FTC and DOJ to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act. Good!
www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/re...
(this is, by my count, the fifth letter from lawmakers advocating for RPA enforcement).
Stylized drawing depicting mycelial network between tree roots underground.
The wood wide web: horizontal economic coordination at its finest
screenshot in case the post gets taken down or deleted
Ever wonder about how PE took over so many public service sectors?
Look no further than this classic cycle: "Privatize services, let private companies run amok, and then declare that the gov't is the problem. Then, privatize more services..." and repeat.
Katharina Pistor’s new book The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It is fantastic and a must read.
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
🚨 New report out today from Garphil Julien and me on the hidden risks of US dependence on Chinese manufacturers of active pharma ingredients (API) — the basic inputs for making our essential medicines
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
To give credit to where credit is due, in January, @basel.bsky.social did a great job unearthing this problem.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
📢 Join us Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. ET for a talk with @danielahanley.bsky.social (@openmarkets.bsky.social) and Katherine Wyszkowski & Michael Murray (Mission:data) on the antitrust risks posed by U.S. electric utilities and their control over consumer energy-usage data.
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