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2 weeks ago | promarket.org | Karina Montoya

Karina Montoya reflects on the end of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing the online search market. She argues that Google’s warnings against divestiture of its browser, Chrome, fall short and that a breakup will benefit the security of the internet, innovation, and users. The remedies phase for the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google’s online search monopoly wrapped up on May 30.

2 weeks ago | promarket.org | Jennifer Howard

As Americans struggle with an increasing cost of living, a new poll suggests that the public prefers leaders who create prosperity by taking on concentrated corporate power over those who focus on removing government barriers. Jennifer Howard argues that this reflects a growing recognition that corporations block abundance because they profit from artificial scarcity. She describes how businesses consolidate and then engineer limits to extract wealth.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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.