Our own Hal Singer takes on the question of VP Harris on Antitrust. #Antitrust

Imagine how competitive the digital landscape would look had antitrust enforcers flexed their muscles prior to 2020.

Consider Parker Immunity as well, which can create socially beneficial price-fixing with state oversight to prevent exploitation. Read an article I wrote in The Sling for more. thesling.org/more-states-sh…

Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter FTW #USvGoogle

A monopolization case against SpaceX seems strong. In my latest for The Sling, I review the publicly available evidence on SpaceX’s dominance, entry barriers, and three types of exclusionary conduct that could run afoul of the antitrust laws. 🧵 thesling.org/the-antitrust-…

Big Tech has figured out how to structure AI acquisitions—licensing the tech and hiring top employees—to avoid antitrust scrutiny AND deprive lower- and mid-level employees from partaking in the financial spoils and fruits of their labor. How regressive! What’s not to love?

Remember when Krugman told us that Fed Chair Jay Powell was not political, but rather an independent steward of monetary policy. Well that was wrong. Fantastic review of Powell’s political (libertarian) stripes via Kenny Stancil in The Sling. thesling.org/the-fed-chair-…

In The Sling, I dispute the notion that Powell's Fed is an apolitical actor. That's apparent when you look at his decision to keep interest rates high, his comments about the deficit, and his aversion to strong financial regulation. thesling.org/the-fed-chair-…

Matt Darling 🌐🏗️ Kyle Pomerleau If you read my deep dive into eggs on The Sling, you’d know by now that the egg companies not only slow-walked rebuilding their flocks from Avian Flu losses in 2022 — moving at half or less the rate they did in the the mid-2010s outbreak — they also induced the remaining

Missed Google's closing arguments about why it shouldn't face real consequences after Epic case jury ruled it illegally maintained app store monopoly via anticompetitive tactics? Last week's thread is now a RUSH TRANSCRIPT in The Sling (new preface) thesling.org/rush-transcrip…

Another great post by David Berri about college football coaches. Check it out! #Antitrust

📣 Guys, I’m thrilled to announce an upcoming Utah Project conference on October 11 that will focus on consumer protection issues in the financial services industry. Our keynote speaker this year is Rohit Chopra, Director of the CFPB! 1/5 law.utah.edu/event/from-ai-…

Mark Glick, Bob Lande, and Darren Bush: Lower courts and the Guidelines made up an efficiencies rebuttal not in the SCOTUS caselaw or the Clayton Act. And economics does not support it. americanbar.org/groups/antitru… #Antitrust #econtwitter

All things Price Gouging, Kroger Albertsons and RealPage with Dylan Gyauch-Lewis and Luke Goldstein. Hal Singer and Darren Bush host. thesling.org/video/slingsho… Check it out! #antitrust #econtwitter

I had a great time with Luke Goldstein on Slingshot The Sling talking about pricing, criticisms of Harris, realpage, and kroger/albertsons! stay tuned, I'm going to throw together a thread later today with some further reading for anyone who's interested!

Don't miss our Dylan Gyauch-Lewis on the latest podcast from The Sling with Luke Goldstein, Hal Singer, and Darren Bush! She talked backlash to Harris's anti-price-fixing proposal, the kroger/albertsons merger trial, and the realpage suit from DOJ. thesling.org/video/slingsho…

We forgot to mention that Herb's piece is also in the antitrust magazine.

Was deregulation such a big deal? Did Law & Econ really play a major role in the legal academy? Has LPE exaggerated the victory of neoliberalism? Today, Darren Bush, Mark Glick, and Gabriel Lozada respond to David Bernstein's recent critique of LPE. lpeproject.org/blog/the-great…

A conservative movement overtook law. And won. A reply to David Bernstein #Econtwitter #Antitrust #lawtwitter lpeproject.org/blog/the-great…