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Image: Massachusetts House Bill 99 (H.99) proposes banning grocers from using biometric data collected on their premises for price adjustments.
The Perils of Personalized Pricing
By
Gavin A. Sicard and Hal Singer
July 24, 2026
As the federal government guts consumer protection, state legislatures are taking action to defend consumers’ wallets.
The Perils of Personalized Pricing
By
Gavin A. Sicard and Hal Singer
July 24, 2026
As the federal government guts consumer protection, state legislatures are taking action to defend consumers’ wallets.
Image: Massachusetts House Bill 99 (H.99) proposes banning grocers from using biometric data collected on their premises for price adjustments.
Prediction Markets Outperform The Athletic Subscribers at the World Cup
By
Gavin A. Sicard
July 21, 2026
Polymarket and Kalshi correctly predicted the winner of more World Cup matches than The Athletic’s Pick’em poll.
Prediction Markets Outperform The Athletic Subscribers at the World Cup
By
Gavin A. Sicard
July 21, 2026
Polymarket and Kalshi correctly predicted the winner of more World Cup matches than The Athletic’s Pick’em poll.
Hollywood’s Labor Market Just Lost a Bidder, and Nobody in Washington Noticed
By
Ahmad Abid and Devesh Ray
July 17, 2026
While writers and directors could be harmed indirectly via a reduction of shows, there is a direct pathway to labor harm.
Hollywood’s Labor Market Just Lost a Bidder, and Nobody in Washington Noticed
By
Ahmad Abid and Devesh Ray
July 17, 2026
While writers and directors could be harmed indirectly via a reduction of shows, there is a direct pathway to labor harm.
The Racket Before the Racket: The Antitrust Case Against the Law School Admission Council
By
Tom Blakely
July 12, 2026
After decades of impunity, higher ed’s admissions grift for law schools faces a breakup.
The Racket Before the Racket: The Antitrust Case Against the Law School Admission Council
By
Tom Blakely
July 12, 2026
After decades of impunity, higher ed’s admissions grift for law schools faces a breakup.
Image: A disappointing Supreme Court decision handed down in Trump v. Slaughter additionally puts the FTC in a difficult position.
Regionalizing Enforcement Agencies
By
Tyler Clark
July 5, 2026
A cooperative network of regional strike forces empowers ordinary people to defeat runaway market power and promote flourishing local economies.
Regionalizing Enforcement Agencies
By
Tyler Clark
July 5, 2026
A cooperative network of regional strike forces empowers ordinary people to defeat runaway market power and promote flourishing local economies.
Image: A disappointing Supreme Court decision handed down in Trump v. Slaughter additionally puts the FTC in a difficult position.
Unlicensed Transcript: Six Months of California’s Business and Consumer Services Agency Under Secretary Rohit Chopra
By
Laurel Kilgour
July 4, 2026
How a tech company’s political spending could jeopardize other business lines because of a 1936 horse racing statute. (Satire)
Unlicensed Transcript: Six Months of California’s Business and Consumer Services Agency Under Secretary Rohit Chopra
By
Laurel Kilgour
July 4, 2026
How a tech company’s political spending could jeopardize other business lines because of a 1936 horse racing statute. (Satire)
Image: By answering the user’s query directly within AI Overview, Google has placed itself in direct competition with publishers for traffic.
Google’s AI Overview Extracts Value from Publishers Without Compensation. The CMA’s Remedy Leaves That Intact.
By
Dilan Alma
June 30, 2026
The CMA’s remedy treats the exchange between publishers and Google as a contracting problem between two parties of roughly comparable power, when it is closer to a sovereign’s decision to stop paying tribute it once paid.
Google’s AI Overview Extracts Value from Publishers Without Compensation. The CMA’s Remedy Leaves That Intact.
By
Dilan Alma
June 30, 2026
The CMA’s remedy treats the exchange between publishers and Google as a contracting problem between two parties of roughly comparable power, when it is closer to a sovereign’s decision to stop paying tribute it once paid.
Image: By answering the user’s query directly within AI Overview, Google has placed itself in direct competition with publishers for traffic.
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Visa and Mastercard: The Original Gangsters of Electronic Collusion
By
Carter Dougherty
June 21, 2026
Pending legislation would force Visa and Mastercard to compete for merchant business and crack the cartel they’ve formed with banks.
Visa and Mastercard: The Original Gangsters of Electronic Collusion
By
Carter Dougherty
June 21, 2026
Pending legislation would force Visa and Mastercard to compete for merchant business and crack the cartel they’ve formed with banks.
Image: Screenshot
Image: Screenshot
Spiritless Port Mortem
By
Darren Bush
June 10, 2026
To stymie future merger enforcement, neoliberals falsely blamed Spirit’s demise on Biden’s Justice Department.
Spiritless Port Mortem
By
Darren Bush
June 10, 2026
To stymie future merger enforcement, neoliberals falsely blamed Spirit’s demise on Biden’s Justice Department.
Image: Screenshot
Image: The functioning of our federal courts is broken. (Getty Images)
Beyond One First Street: If We Don’t Fix Court Shopping, There Will Be No Return to the Rule of Law
By
Seth Frotman and Brad Lipton
June 2, 2026
Venue shopping, a revolution in administrative law, and broken civil procedure have all converged to tip the scales in our federal courts in favor of corporations.
Beyond One First Street: If We Don’t Fix Court Shopping, There Will Be No Return to the Rule of Law
By
Seth Frotman and Brad Lipton
June 2, 2026
Venue shopping, a revolution in administrative law, and broken civil procedure have all converged to tip the scales in our federal courts in favor of corporations.
Image: The functioning of our federal courts is broken. (Getty Images)
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