Author of The Antitrust Paradigm: Restoring a Competitive Economy https://teapawt.net/t.co/QflsivrvIB. Follow @jbbecon on other platforms
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Congratulations @ProfFionasm !
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My new paper on the political economy of antitrust compares two theories: capture by big business vs. an informal or tacit political settlement among interest groups to pursue inclusive economic growth. ssrn.com/abstract=4497470. 1/2
“What About the Supreme Court? The Lurking Threat to US Antitrust Reform”
My new essay highlights problems created by Trinko and Amex
It’s particularly timely given the role of Trinko in recent appellate decisions in NY v Meta and Epic v. Apple
See ssrn.com/abstract=4428908
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It's #ThrowbackThursday again?! Time for a vintage #OurCuriousAmalgam podcast ep. #137 Have We Been Down This Road Before? What History Can Teach Us About the Current Rethinking of #Antitrust, w/@jbbecon Listen at bit.ly/3GBPkmb. Brought to you by @abaantitrust
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The utility of “competitive process claims” in strengthening #antitrust enforcement should not be obscured by wider debate about the #consumerwelfare standard, writes @ProfGavil (@howardlawschool)
promarket.org/2023/04/11/loc…
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My piece with Fiona Scott Morton on "The Life of Antitrust's Consumer Welfare Model" is up this morning. It focuses mainly on how the Supreme Court has articulated the goals of antitrust. promarket.org/2023/04/10/the…
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Steve Salop has written a provocative piece proposing a "Reasonable Competitive Conduct" antitrust standard that combines elements of judicial decisions, consumer welfare, rule of reason reform, and increased attention to vertical conduct. promarket.org/2023/04/06/the…
What are the best books to read before--or after--you learn antitrust law?
My answer: shepherd.com/best-books/read…
Authors: Ellis W. Hawley, Walter R. Brooks, @delong, Bruce Greenwald & Judd Khan, @CarlShapiro & @halvarian
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This is a fascinating article with concerns about market powe in the real estate pricing software market (RealPage’s purchase of LRO) in addition to questions about algorithm-supported tacit collusion in the rental market.
propublica.org/article/yield…
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In August, we published a great piece on the competitive process goal by @jbbecon (@auwcl). Eleanor E. Fox (@nyulaw) responds: networklawreview.org/fox-com…
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@jbbecon is right. "Competitive process" is a nothingburger that means anything you want it to; that's why left, center, and right have all cited in support of their own positions. A goal that cannot be measured by reference to output or innovation is no goal at all.
“If legislators want to strengthen the antitrust laws by addressing the standard for a violation, they can do better than by instructing courts that conduct violates the antitrust laws if it ʻharms the competitive process’,” @jbbecon for @NetworkLawRev at networklawreview.org/baker-g…
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“If legislators want to strengthen the antitrust laws by addressing the standard for a violation, they can do better than by instructing courts that conduct violates the antitrust laws if it ʻharms the competitive process’,” @jbbecon for @NetworkLawRev at networklawreview.org/baker-g…
Congratulations to @barakorbach, the inaugural Mundheim Professor of Law & Business at U. Arizona law.arizona.edu/news/2022/08…
Here’s a link to my new paper on “Finding Common Ground Among Antitrust Reformers” ssrn.com/abstract=4141668 1/3
It places the views of leading camps in today’s antitrust policy debate in historical context and explains why antimonopolists (neoBrandeisians) and post-Chicagoans (centrist reformers) should work together to advance both groups’ goals 2/3