Recently confirmed member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Mark Meador made waves with the publication of the philosophy behind his approach to antitrust in “Antitrust Policy for the Conservative.” After succinctly summarizing historical conceptions of antitrust policy such as the small government Chicago School and the big government Neo-Brandeisian [...]
As App Store Accountability Act proponents put more chum in the water, one particular red herring stands out. Specifically, some of the proponents of the bills argue that because minors’ use of an app store involves an agreement, a statutory mandate should exist for app stores to obtain parental [...]
Observing all of the policy ordnance leaping from the previous Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one has a sense of its relentless ideological certainty. And yet, it is difficult to identify from it a unified or tangible FTC vision for the ideal state of competition in digital markets. What [...]