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When Is Deception an Antitrust Offense? The FTC’s Unorthodox Case Against Google

Hal Singer wrote 2 weeks ago: Last week, the FTC hired outside litigator Beth Wilkinson to lead an investigation into Google’s con … more →

The Economics of Drip Pricing at the FTC1 comment

Josh Wright wrote 3 weeks ago: The FTC is having a conference in the economics of drip pricing: Drip pricing is a pricing technique … more →

Tags: Antitrust, Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Behavioral Economics, Price Discrimination

The Buffett Rule is a Mirage3 comments

J.W. Verret wrote 1 month ago: The Buffett Rule is clearly a mirage.  The President introduced his new strategy in his State of the … more →

TOTM in the Law Blog Rankings

Josh Wright wrote 1 month ago: Paul Caron’s new blog rankings are out.  TOTM comes in at #22 in page views and #20 in visitor … more →

Joking about politics1 comment

Todd Henderson wrote 1 month ago: On November 3rd, the president of the United States spoke at the Hotel Lowry in St. Paul, Minnesota, … more →

Romney's Money1 comment

Paul H. Rubin wrote 2 months ago: Mitt Romney made a lot of money at Bain Capital.  The press seems to view this as a negative; even t … more →

Some Links

Josh Wright wrote 2 months ago: Are Rich People More (Or Less) Ethical? The Tacocopter (HT: MR) McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Update  Etc … more →

More Bailout Fallout: Non-buyer's Remorse5 comments

Michael Sykuta wrote 2 months ago: An interesting story in the WSJ Online today about American International Group (AIG)’s use of … more →

Tags: Business, Law and Economics, - Sykuta -, taxes

Google Isn't 'Leveraging Its Dominance,' It's Fighting To Avoid Obsolescence1 comment

Geoffrey Manne wrote 2 months ago: Six months may not seem a great deal of time in the general business world, but in the Internet spac … more →

Tags: Google, technology, Search, Search Engines, Search Neutrality

A Tale of Two Subsidies3 comments

Michael Sykuta wrote 2 months ago: Last week’s business news highlighted two tremendous subsidy programs. In one case, the company rece … more →

Tags: Business, Markets, - Sykuta -

What Economists Do1 comment

Josh Wright wrote 3 months ago: Courtesy of Greg Mankiw. … more →

Tags: Economics

Further Empirical Evidence on Forum Shopping in Philadelphia Civil Courts1 comment

Josh Wright wrote 3 months ago: Late last year, with support from the International Center for Law and Economics, I published a pape … more →

Tags: Business, Economics, jurisdictional competition, Legal Profession, Torts, Litigation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Federal Reserve Weighs in on Housing Policy

Hal Singer wrote 3 months ago: Last month, the Federal Reserve released a study, titled “The U.S. Housing Market: Current Condition … more →

New Study Links Wireless Adoption to Jobs: It’s All About the Spectrum (and Siri)

Hal Singer wrote 3 months ago: Economists recognize that the source of sustainable, private-sector jobs is investment. Due to measu … more →

SOPA, Incentives and Efficiency5 comments

Paul H. Rubin wrote 4 months ago: The fight over SOPA is about the ownership of intellectual property.  Rights to intellectual propert … more →

Tags: Intellectual Property, Copyright

Divining a Regulator’s Intent2 comments

Hal Singer wrote 4 months ago: Regulated firms and their Washington lawyers study agency reports and public statements carefully to … more →

Can Profit-Maximizing Enterprises Systematically Leave Money on the Table? The Curious Case of the BCS7 comments

Hal Singer wrote 4 months ago: For years the public has been clamoring for a playoff system to crown a champion in college football … more →

The Administration’s Rigorous Defense of the Affordable Care Act5 comments

Hal Singer wrote 4 months ago: In yesterday’s Washington Post, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius makes an impas … more →

Usha Rodrigues on Larry Ribstein

Geoffrey Manne wrote 4 months ago: Usha Rodrigues has a characteristically delightful and poignant remembrance of Larry up over at Cong … more →

Tags: larry ribstein rip, Larry Ribstein


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