Background Materials
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Reader Discretion Advised
Joe Biden, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses, Wall Street Journal (Jan. 12, 2023)
The Problem With Profits, Economist (March 26, 2016)
Too Much of a Good Thing, Economist (March 26, 2016)
Too Much of a Good Thing, Economist (March 26, 2016)
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, Antitrust Enforcement: The Road to Recovery (Apr. 21, 2022)
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Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, Antitrust Enforcement: The Road to Recovery (Apr. 21, 2022)
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Kovacic, Root and Branch Reconstruction: The Modern Transformation of U.S. Antitrust Law and Policy? Antitrust (Summer 2021)
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Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy, 86 Federal Registrar 36897 (July 14, 2021)
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Executive Order 13725, Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy (Apr. 16, 2016)
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Council of Economic Advisors, Benefits of Competition and Indicators of Market Power (Apr. 2016)
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Policy Statement Regarding the Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition Under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (Nov. 10, 2022)
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Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, “…And Justice for All”: Antitrust Enforcement and Digital Gatekeepers (June 11, 2019)
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‘Antitrust was defined by Robert Bork. I cannot overstate his influence.’, Washington Post (Dec. 20, 2012) (an interview I gave The Washington Post after the passing of Bork)
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Richard Posner & George Stigler, Throttling Back On Antitrust: A Practical Proposal for Deregulation (Dec. 1980) (memo prepared for President Elect Ronald Reagan)
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