FTC Office Policy and Planning Fights for Competition in the Dental Services Market
Having just had four wisdom teeth pulled this morning at age 32, about ten years after the dentist first recommended it, the dental services market is on my (anesthesia fogged) mind this afternoon. But it reminded me of a post I wanted to write highlighting the efforts of the FTC Office of Policy and Planning ... FTC Office Policy and Planning Fights for Competition in the Dental Services Market
Trends in Protectionism
Here’s a troubling paragraph from Chad Bown’s WSJ op-ed: The count of newly imposed protectionist policies like antidumping duties and other “safeguard” measures increased by 31% in the first half of 2009 relative to the same period one year ago, which itself is not an alarming number. But many governments take more than a year ... Trends in Protectionism
Antitrust, Obsolescence and the "New Economy" (Again)
Gordon Crovitz (WSJ) plays the new economy card on antitrust. Its a familiar wrap for those in the antitrust community that hit its peak in the original Microsoft days with virtually every competition policy scholar and commentator chiming in with an opinion about whether the internet and network effects and so forth rendered antitrust obsolete. ... Antitrust, Obsolescence and the "New Economy" (Again)
TOTM Makes Top 100 Blogs for Law Students
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FTC on the CFPA
Commissioners Rosch and Kovacic of the Federal Trade Commission come out against the proposed CFPA. Both emphasize the risk of shifting consumer protection authority away from an agency with substantial expertise in the area (including the Bureau of Economics which has an excellent record of reports and publications in this area) to an unproven agency. ... FTC on the CFPA
Moneyball, GMU and the Future of Law and Economics
My colleague Ilya Somin insightfully defends against allegations of the death of Moneyball in baseball and legal academia — largely making the point that larger institutions with larger payrolls imitating the successful elements of the strategy. There is more there, so go read the whole thing as well as an interesting comment thread. Ilya points ... Moneyball, GMU and the Future of Law and Economics
EU Likely to Require A Browser Ballot Screen for Windows 7 in Europe
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE BEFORE PROCEEDING: TOTM readers are encouraged at this point to pick among the following antitrust blogs for content before reading this post: Antitrust Review Antitrust & Competition Policy Antitrust Hotch Potch Global Competition Policy OK. I thought that woud be funnier than it was. Moving on. It looks like the old/new ... EU Likely to Require A Browser Ballot Screen for Windows 7 in Europe
Scholarship Links
Kobayashi and Ribstein on jurisdictional competition in LLCs Bainbridge on Shareholder Activism in the Obama Administration Co-blogger Thom Lambert’s review of Ribstein and O’Hara’s The Law Market Peter Leeson makes the case for bringing back the third cheer for capitalism Bill Page reviewing my own review (and Dan Crane’s) of Bob Pitofsky’s How the Chicago ... Scholarship Links
Jonathan Baker Named FCC Chief Economist
Congratulations to Jonathan Baker (Washington Colllege of Law, American University), who has been named Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission. Readers may recall that I predicted Professor Baker would return to the top economist spot over at the FTC. Missed it by one letter. Here is the press release: WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Federal ... Jonathan Baker Named FCC Chief Economist
Ovation Reconsidered: A Response to Commissioner Leary
I was very pleased to thumb through the newest version of Antitrust Magazine and see a TOTM post get some attention. Its always nice to be cited and have folks take the time to respond to your work — or in this case, blog post. Its even more tickling when the person doing the responding ... Ovation Reconsidered: A Response to Commissioner Leary
Some Antitrust Links
Fred Jenny and David Evans just published a new edited volume called Trustbusters which contains chapters from the heads or senior officials of many of the leading competition authorities around the world. You can download the introductory chapter here and you can order the book from Competition Policy International or from Amazon. Sports Law Blog’s ... Some Antitrust Links
Too Big To Fail as an Antitrust Concept
There has been a lot of talk recently about the possibility that lax antitrust gave rise to the financial crisis or that antitrust could be used as a proactive weapon to prevent mergers and acquisitions that would create entities “too big to fail.” George Priest recently took AAG Varney to task for suggesting that there ... Too Big To Fail as an Antitrust Concept
