I previewed two antitrust hearings in court coming this week. The first is Kroger-Albertsons, which starts tomorrow. The second is a hearing on Tuesday to sanction Google for destroying evidence in a trial starting next month. thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-rou…

Why is this debate nowhere in Europe. End of neo-liberal dogma, pro-worker policies as orientation for industrial strategy, trade and competition. No, happy siloes here.

We need truly independent digital technologies that protect rights, serve public needs and strenghten democracy. Moving beyond surveillance and monopoly power. Read WIRED profile of Meredith Whittaker Signal and the need for a new kind of tech ecosystem. wired.com/story/meredith…

For the 10th birthday of Signal, I did a Big Interview with its president Meredith Whittaker. We ended up talking about how her focus for Signal goes beyond encryption or privacy, to creating an alternative to surveillance capitalism—or even capitalism, period. wired.com/story/meredith…

📣 Next Thursday, join antitrust experts Bill Baer, Jason Kint, Cristina Caffarra and more at our upcoming Google AdTech Trial Conference at The National Press Club! Reserve your space for September 5th here: eventbrite.com/e/antitrust-tr…

The FT wins the award for greatest trolling in 2024 😈 ft.com/content/d973dc…

FT View on Economics “gatekeeping & a steep hierarchy of prestige foster groupthink overseen by a self-perpetuating priesthood…When career incentives & social pressures concentrate influence in a small group, neither big policy mistakes nor petty personal abuse should surprise”

“Priesthood” and “church”, groupthinking, self importance and pettiness. Now do IO and antitrust economics.

Elon Musk uses its own platform to advocate for regime change of a democratically elected government in #Brazil. He controls European citizens data and personal information, and can manipulate public opinion. Europe urgently needs its own democratic and independent digital tech.

Wow so many good quotes this weekend. From Financial Times quality trolling to this.

Below is a site for those who want to understand US v Google 2. This case could change everything in tech. Hat tip to Jason Kint. usvgoogleads.com

Big day ahead at the National Press Club, and we’re kicking off the panels with Jeff Bliss, Barry Lynn, Cristina Caffarra, and John Mark Newman.

Dear Biglaw Google Shill Don’t come to these events in 2024 and trot out that: - “Dynamic competition” is what “we” are missing - “Large market share does not mean market power” - “Big is not bad, you can be big because your Search product is better” - “Empirical evidence” you

2012 is calling. They want their cutting-edge talking points back.