From Big Tech to Big Pharma, the Biden administration is taking an aggressive approach to antitrust law. It is a risky strategy that could backfire, hobbling legitimate oversight for decades to come.
Read moreThe U.S. Government Keeps Breaking the Economic Golden Rule: Do No Harm
Government officials at every level should adopt a new mantra, a Hippocratic economic oath: do no harm. Newly minted doctors take the same oath to do no harm as one of their foundational medical principles. Economic policy should start with the same presumption.
Read moreWhat the EU Gets Right—and the US Gets Wrong—About Antitrust
US regulators have not yet shown all their cards, but they should pause before arguing that too big equals anticompetitive, or seeking to break up or substantially restructure the tech giants. Instead, they might want to look to Europe.
Read moreThe Last Place Big Tech Wants to Be Is on the Defense
So, it finally happened. A leading American politician has said aloud what many have been whispering: It’s time to break up Big Tech. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren just fired the opening salvo and called for the federal government to take action: “Today’s big tech companies have too much power— too much power over our economy, our society, and our democracy.”
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