-
2 weeks ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Dirk Auer |Brian Albrecht |Lazar Radic
Regulatory Comments IntroductionWe are grateful for the opportunity to respond to the California Law Revision Commission’s study of antitrust law with these comments on Memorandum 2025-21 on proposed policy options to address single-firm conduct (“the Memorandum”).[1] The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and policy center based in Portland, Oregon.
-
2 weeks ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Ben Sperry |Daniel Gilman |Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht
TL;DR TL;DRBackground: The U.S. video-content market has undergone a fundamental shift over the past decade, with more and more live sports events now available to fans willing to pay for them. But… Some are still unhappy with the cost of access and the number of streaming-service and/or pay-TV subscriptions needed to find all the desired games.
-
1 month ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Eric Fruits |Kristian Stout |Ben Sperry |Geoffrey Manne
Regulatory Comments I.
-
2 months ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht |Dirk Auer
Amicus Brief INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE[1]The International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and policy center aimed at building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy. ICLE promotes the use of law and economics methodologies to inform public-policy debates and has longstanding expertise in the evaluation of antitrust law and policy.
-
2 months ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Brian Albrecht |Dirk Auer |Daniel Gilman |Geoffrey Manne
Amicus Brief I. INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAEThe International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, non-partisan global research and policy center aimed at building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy. ICLE promotes the use of law and economics methodologies and economic learning to inform policy debates and has long-standing expertise evaluating antitrust law and policy.
-
2 months ago | 
laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Brian Albrecht |Eric Fruits
Presentations & Interviews Geoff Manne on the Rationale and Goals of Digital Competition Regulations ICLE President Geoffrey A. Manne discusses the rationale and goals of digital competition regulations in a presentation to Argentina’s Foro Competencia. Video of the full presentation is embedded below. Geoff’s presentation slides are attached. VIDEO
-
2 months ago | 
truthonthemarket.com | Julian Morris |Eric Fruits |Brian Albrecht |Geoffrey Manne
U.S. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Alexandria Ocasio Cortes (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation that would cap credit-card interest rates at 10%, with the claim that it would help poorer Americans. Unfortunately, both economic theory and centuries of evidence demonstrate that the effect would be quite the opposite.
-
2 months ago | 
truthonthemarket.com | Eric Fruits |Brian Albrecht |Geoffrey Manne
Modern tech markets share several key economic characteristics with the telecommunications markets of the recent past, a new working paper from Georgetown Law’s Jonathan Nuechterlein and Howard Shelanski argues. And while telecom regulators have over the years sought to address these key issues of network effects, economies of scale, and switching costs through various interventions, the paper notes that not all of these approaches were successful.
-
2 months ago | 
truthonthemarket.com | Alden Abbott |Brian Albrecht |Geoffrey Manne |Eric Fruits
A prospective trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom could, if handled correctly, be a catalyst to spur global economic growth through enhanced trade and regulatory reform. This would require recognition by other major trading nations of the advantages of removing regulatory obstacles to trade liberalization. BackgroundA Feb.
-
Mar 6, 2025 | 
truthonthemarket.com | Alden Abbott |Brian Albrecht |Geoffrey Manne |Eric Fruits
The major Western industrialized nations have experienced dramatically slower economic growth in recent decades. This slowdown has been particularly pronounced in the EU, though the United States has suffered, as well. Regulatory, tax, trade, and energy policy reforms that reduce market distortions and provide incentives for investment, production, and innovation could substantially address this problem.
