Digital sewer socialism

 C. Doctorow, here.

The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world

 C. Doctorow, here. 

Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

 E. Ash et al., here. 

The Modern Economic Approach to Antitrust Law: Analysis and Examples

 S. Salop, here.

[I don't know what modern means, here. Very much the same "more economic approach" that has been increasingly repudiated for a number of compelling reasons - not least because of it being used to shamelessly - "it's science, we teach it our Students!" - justify whatever suits who pays the IO economists providing the analysis]. 

Martijn Snoep: Antitrust & Industrial Policy. Independence or Coordination. Champions. Latest Cases

Tools available to make markets work 

Chez Oles, here. 

Impressive, brave interview. 

 I'm perhaps a bit more positive about the long term impact of the DMA: it's going to evolve (that was the legislators' will), it creates new, important rights for end users and business users, and it is already influencing competition policy in a positive way. But it was never supposed to act in isolation (again, as foreseen by the legislators - see e.g. the HLG). Plenty of potential in many directions...

 

 

Listening to how the ACM has come to see itself as "market designer," I was reminded of this 2017 "no AI" generated image I used at a conference in Brazil (found back by chance while writing this).

Mike Walker, Competition and Markets Authority: Role of Economics in Competition Analysis | DMCC Act

 Chez Oleg, here.

The Digital Fixer

 

Part I, Part II, and Part III.

How a DOJ [IO] Economist Approaches Antitrust in America

Odd Lots, herehere.  

RETHINKING MY ECONOMICS

 A. Deaton, here. 

What Have The Consultants Ever Done For Us?

 

T. Valletti, here. 

Art. 102 AEUV und die Rolle der Ökonomie

 T. Rohner, hier. 

Pierre Régibeau's Exit Interview...brought to you by CRA

 Concurrences, here. 

How Biden Can Get Antitrust Right

 J. Furman and C. Shapiro on the WSJ, here (and here). 

Competition Policy Enforcement in a Dynamic World

 P. Régibeau, here. 

Link: The Incentives Balance Test in the EU Microsoft Case: A More 'Economics-Based' Approach? by Simonetta Vezzoso :: SSRN

Antitrust Guidelines and Overthrowing a Corrupt Priesthood

 

M. Stoller, here. 

A never ending saga?

 

« Charles River Associates s’est déclaré « fier » de la nomination de sa « consultante de haut niveau Fiona Scott Morton ». Faut-il s’en inquiéter ? »

 

You can bet they were also very proud of all their CRA consultants nominated for the latest so called Antitrust Writing Awards, here. 

A very public, successful job interview, for a while.

 

Video, from 5:40:40. 

FSM "resigned", as you heard coming back to shore.

This is now for the archives: 

[BTW
-  her very clear position on interoperability is encouraging :) here;

- the Amazon/iRobot merger in-depth investigation following the Meta ruling is going to be very interesting (but can she say anything about it as former Amazon consultant? How many years ago was it?); 

- her Consultant's stance on cloud gaming being "a nascent technology that does not yet have a compelling use case" is hopefully correct;

- wondering if this roadmap could be of any use now;

- with addictive technologies aplenty, what has antitrust ever done for us? 

- Q: has there ever been an EU Chief Competition Economist who was not a CRA consultant? A: Yes!]]

Commission announces Guidelines on exclusionary abuses and amends Guidance on enforcement priorities

 EC, here. 

Is the Effects-Based Approach Too Cumbersome?: Taking Stock of Recent Practice and Case Law on Article 102 TFEU

 F. Castillo de la Torre, here.