In this episode we are joined by Matt Perault, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook. Matt has looked the challenges squarely in the eye and shares with us how the social network giant has been dealing with them, together with his thoughts on how interactions between stakeholders can affect policy outcomes, for better or worse. It’s a rich and wide ranging conversation that you won’t want to miss.
Dec 4, 2019
47 min
Shilpi Battacharya, Associate Professor at Jindal Global University, and Ujwal Kumar, Policy Advisor at Consumer Unity and Trust Society discuss competition law developments in India.
Nov 13, 2019
33 min
Professor Tommaso Valletti has just completed his three year term as DG Comp’s Chief Economist and has much to share about his experience.
Oct 23, 2019
42 min
Associate Professor John Newman from the University of Miami, discusses his research on attention markets, why he thinks there are substantial individual and societal costs associated with concentration in these markets and the role for antitrust and regulation in responding to this under-explored problem.
Oct 2, 2019
28 min
Morag Bond and Kate Reader, the joint general managers of The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Inquiry team discuss its ground-breaking inquiry into digital platforms.
Sep 18, 2019
37 min
Professor Frank Pasqualeof the University of Maryland discusses the dominance of digital platforms as a failing of antitrust in front of a live audience at the Melbourne Law School for the Digital Citizens Conference.
Sep 4, 2019
43 min
Professor Fiona Scott-Morton from the Yale School of Management discusses her views on antitrust reforms and the regulation needed to tackle the challenges posed for competition in digital platform markets.
Aug 21, 2019
40 min
As the Founder and Director of the economics consultancy, Lear, Dr Paolo Buccirossi has undertaken a first-of-its kind report for the UK Competition and Markets Authority involving ex post assessment of a series of mergers in the digital sector that were cleared.
Jul 31, 2019
36 min
Matt Stoller, Fellow at the Open Markets Institute, shares his perspective on why we should look at Big Tech issues through an ideological, not just a methodological lens.
Jul 17, 2019
42 min
Dr Thibault Schrepel, Assistant Professor at the Utrecht University School of Law, discusses the risks of anti-competitive conduct on blockchain and the challenges it is likely to pose for authorities in enforcing the competition rules.
Jul 3, 2019
28 min
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