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CPI Blog o’ Blogs
August 15th, 2011- Volume 1
The Google investigation inspired several blogs this month. We present different takes on whether Google should even be investigated, followed by a panel discussion with Christine Varney asking if the government is stifling innovation, and then look at a preliminary eulogy for her term. Going abroad, we consider fall-out from the News Corp. problems, evaluate the EU & industrial policy, and take a hard look at Brazil. Thom Lambert debates Einer Elhauge on bundling, and Josh Wright brings the issue full circle discussing antitrust remedies for search engine domination. We finish in a summertime zen mood contemplating Supreme Court decisions rewritten in haiku.
Assessing the FTC Investigation of Google: No Presumption of Guilt, But Certainly Worthy of InvestigationClaims of not being evil and of providing everything free to consumers not withstanding, Google is not Robin Hood.
Eric K. Clemons (Huffington Post)
What’s Really Motivating the Pursuit of Google?When economic sense takes a back seat to political aggrandizement, we should worry about the effect on markets, innovation and the overall health of the economy.
Geoffrey Manne (Main Justice)
Chaos TheoryThe collapse of the News Corp/BSkyB merger is a story of chaos defeating the professionals.
Max Findlay (Kluwer Competition Law Blog)
Should EU Policy Tilt Towards Industrial Policy?Their main point is industrial policy is not necessarily bad. If done properly it could be important for Europe in certain areas and help Europe become more competitive.”
Amol Agrawal (Mostly Economics)
Varney and Obama’s Antitrust LegacyThe next AAG needs to go beyond tinkering around the edges of anticompetitive conduct and take decisive action to stop it in its tracks.
Ed Black (The Hill’s Congress Blog)
Competition Policy In Brazil: Too Little, Too LateIt has been more interested in creating national champions than in fostering competition.
(The Economist)
The Efficiency of Metering Tie-InsHave you ever had to get on your hands and knees at Office Depot to find precisely the right printer cartridge? It’s maddening, no?
Thom Lambert (Truth on the Market )
Tying Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit TheoryEven without a substantial foreclosure share, tying by a firm with market power generally increases monopoly profits and harms consumer and total welfare, absent offsetting efficiencies.
Einer Elhauge (Harvard Law Review)
Tying Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit TheoryEven without a substantial foreclosure share, tying by a firm with market power generally increases monopoly profits and harms consumer and total welfare, absent offsetting efficiencies.
Einer Elhauge (Harvard Law Review)
Tying Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit TheoryEven without a substantial foreclosure share, tying by a firm with market power generally increases monopoly profits and harms consumer and total welfare, absent offsetting efficiencies.
Einer Elhauge (Harvard Law Review)
Searching for Antitrust Remedies, Parts 1 & 2Is there an appropriate antitrust remedy to alleged search engine bias?
Joshua Wright (Truth on the Market)
Supreme Court Decisions in Miniature FormIf you have trouble keeping track of the flurry of court decisions being made at the end of term, don’t download a PDF of the actual opinion. Just think haiku.
(Wall Street Journal Law Blog)
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