Symposia: Root & Branch Antitrust

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The Public Benefit of Liberalizing Coordination between Small Economic Players: The Australian Experience

By Shae McCrystal

To conclude our symposium on Root & Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust, this post offers a glimpse into an alternative universe where horizontal coordination among small players is embraced as a social good.

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Can Contract Workers Organize as Joint Venture Associations?

By Steven C. Salop

While a properly designed association of contract workers could pass muster under current Sherman Act antitrust jurisprudence, any such association will face serious practical impediments.

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The Antitrust Case Against Gig Economy Labor Platforms

By Marshall Steinbaum

In the fight to regulate the gig economy, unions, workers, and their allies have only fought half the battle: they have tried to defend the definition of employment against technology-enabled erosion. Antitrust prohibitions against vertical restraints, which prevent firms from exercising control in the absence of an employment relationship, offer a complementary strategy to address the threat posed to workers by the gig economy.

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Merger Policy for a Fair Economy

By Sandeep Vaheesan

Over the past four decades, a tidal wave of corporate mergers has resulted in industry concentration, higher prices, and reduced productive capacity. The U.S. wireless industry in the 2010s offers a case study of the public benefits of strong anti-merger law.

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Root and Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust: A Symposium

By Sanjukta Paul

Given the shortcomings of the prevailing antitrust framework, a growing chorus of voices is calling for a ground-up reconstruction of competition law and policy. But what would that look like? This symposium offers an affirmative vision of the new antitrust.