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Antitrust Chronicle® – Inflation & Antitrust

Antitrust Chronicle® September 2025 Volume 2

Dear Readers,   Inflation is among the most familiar — and yet most elusive — economic phenomena. It touches households, boardrooms, and governments alike, reshaping purchasing power, political debate, and policy responses. For much of the past three years, inflation has been at the center of economic conversation worldwide, spurred...

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In this issue

The Price of Weak Competition: Inflation, Competition, and Fairness
Eleanor Clutterbuck, Ian Thompson
Sep 29, 2025
The Political Afterlife of Price Control in Brazilian Competition Law
Eric Hadmann Jasper, Guilherme Ornelas Monteiro, Julia de Carli Baiocco
Sep 29, 2025
Fighting Inflation from the Ground Up: The Untapped Role of Antitrust in Brazil
Alessandro P. Giacaglia, Catarina Lobo Cordão, Beatriz Kenchian
Sep 29, 2025
Updating the Turnover Thresholds for Pre-Merger Notification in the Digital Era
Vicente Bagnoli, Vladimir Fernandes Maciel
Sep 29, 2025

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