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Does Private Equity Harm the Welfare of Residents in Nursing Homes?

2 weeks ago | promarket.org | Robert Field

Robert I. Field argues that private equity’s impact on price competition among nursing homes is limited because prices are mostly determined by Medicaid. However, private equity does impact quality and labor outcomes, which deserve greater government scrutiny. This article is part of a series that explores how private equity reduces competition in the United States healthcare sector and the ways in which enforcers can respond. You can read the rest of the series as it is published here.
Antitrust Should Be a Tool for Creating Abundance

3 weeks ago | promarket.org | Diana Moss

In the wake of Democrats’ losses in 2024, progressives should focus on how antitrust can support a lower cost of living and increase consumer access to essential goods and services, writes Diana Moss. Antitrust has not escaped the chaos rendered by the 2024 presidential election. The Neo-Brandeisian “anti-monopolists” that led the Biden antitrust agencies are out and the “MAGA antitrusters” are in.
Breaking Trust in the Government Will Not Be Efficient in the Long Run

2 months ago | promarket.org | Alan D. Jagolinzer |Jacob Shapiro

Alan D. Jagolinzer and Jacob N. Shapiro write that the new Trump administration’s efforts to improve government efficiency through the cancellation of contracts and other promises will inevitably raise costs as businesses and investors demand a risk premium to account for lost trust.
Concentration in Social Media Undermines Product Design Quality and User Experience - ProMarket

Mar 4, 2025 | promarket.org | Alissa Cooper |Zander Arnao

Alissa Cooper and Zander Arnao argue that a lack of competition in social media has allowed dominant platforms to design algorithms to maximize for user engagement without concern for user experience, which may produce feelings of negativity and partisanship among users. The authors further contend that there exist alternative algorithmic designs that optimize for both […]
The Corporation in the 21st Century

Jan 16, 2025 | promarket.org | John Kay

The following is an excerpt from John Kay’s new book,“The Corporation in the 21st Century,” now out at Yale University Press. It is neither necessary nor sufficient to determine whether shareholders are owners of the corporation to decide whether the company does, as [Milton] Friedman asserts, have a responsibility to maximise its profits. The legal duties of directors and executives follow the law of the country where they operate.
The Trends and Cases That Will Define United States Antitrust in 2025 - ProMarket

Jan 13, 2025 | promarket.org

Three antitrust experts predict the trends and cases that will define United States antitrust in 2025. AI competition Robin Feldman, University of California Law San Francisco 2025 will be the year to watch how federal and state competition authorities view the “Big 5” technology companies (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta) dominating the United States […]
Massachusetts Lawmakers Just Made It Harder for Trustbusters To Break Up the Live-Nation Ticketmaster Monopoly

Jan 9, 2025 | promarket.org | Diana Moss

Diana Moss writes that a new Massachusetts economic development bill with a provision for limiting the transferability of tickets to live events has succumbed to Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s campaign to regulate the resale ticket market, strengthening its monopoly and harming consumers. Sports fans and concertgoers have lived with Live Nations-Ticketmaster’s monopoly grip on the ticketing market for decades.
What the US Learned and the EU Should Consider About National Champions

Jan 7, 2025 | promarket.org | Bill Baer

Bill Baer argues that the United States’ history with promoting national champions through industrial policy shows how protection and the diminution of competition often backfires on the favored companies and the state. He writes that industrial policy must complement competition policy. The European Union is currently debating whether economic policy should promote national champions—enabling European firms to better compete internationally—even if that means diminishing domestic competition.
The U.S. Must Drive Forward on EVs, Not Back Up

Dec 10, 2024 | promarket.org | Brooke Fox

Recent negative news on the production of electric vehicles in the United States call into question the government’s industrial policy boosting Detroit’s efforts to go green. Susan Helper writes that not only have there been significant benefits from President Joe Biden’s industrial policies, but promoting the production and adoption of electric vehicles remains essential to achieving national decarbonization targets and increasing resilience, innovation, and national security.
Would Europe’s Digital Markets Act Work in America?

Dec 9, 2024 | promarket.org | Giovanna Massarotto

Some American policymakers have sought to adopt and adapt aspects and principles of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act in an effort to regulate Big Tech giants. In new research, Giovanna Massarotto writes that the principle ideologies driving American and European antitrust, and the broader political economy, renders the DMA and its principles too foreign for American adoption. United States antitrust law is at a crossroads. Technology is disrupting every aspect of our economy and society.