Hi everyone,
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you. 2023 has undoubtedly been a transformative year for me. I have authored more content than I ever have. So, I want to take a moment to re-share my top five favorite publications from this year.
Before I do, I want to give a massive shoutout to all my Open Markets Institute colleagues, readers, and other supporters. Every one of you makes this work enjoyable and worthwhile. I know 2024 will be even bigger.
Thanks for reading.
My Top 5 Favorite Publications From 2023
In Controlling Buyer and Seller Power: Reviving Enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act, I detail the history and purpose of the Robinson-Patman Act, a 1930s law that prohibits price discrimination and undue buyer power, and then describe a strategy for how the federal government can revive enforcement of the law. This article will be published in the forthcoming edition of Hofstra Law Review.
I also published a short op-ed version of the paper in the American Conservative.
In Structuring Competition to Foster Socially Beneficial Innovation, I detail how all conduct classified as “innovation” is not a per se social good and how antitrust enforcement can and has tailored firm behavior to engage in socially beneficial innovation.
In America’s Fourth Estate: History and Law, I detail a brief narrative of America’s robust and wide-ranging antimonopoly regulations governing media and telecommunications.
In More States Should Take Advantage of an Antitrust Doctrine to Make Our Economy Fairer and More Democratic, I detail how the state action doctrine, which allows state legislatures to exempt conduct from the antitrust laws, can promote a more democratically accountable marketplace.
In How the Supreme Court is Attacking Democracy, I explain how administrative agencies are under increasing attack by the Supreme Court and how they are essential to a modern democracy.
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