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Ever since the courts embraced Robert Bork’s revisionist history of antitrust’s goals, consumer welfare became antitrust’s loadstar.

Sorry Matt Yglesias, Hipster Antitrust Does Not Mean the Abandonment of Consumers. But It Does Mean New Ways to Protect Workers.

Hal Singer

June 12, 2024

Disciples of consumer welfare believe low prices and higher output are the goals of antitrust.

What Does the Supreme Court Have to Say About Consumer Welfare? A Reply to Professor Hovenkamp

Darren Bush

May 30, 2024

The hypothetical monopolist test (HMT) serves as a shiny bright object, distracting the court from the anticompetitive harms.

The Not-So-Hypothetical Monopolist Test

Hal Singer

May 28, 2024

Austin Frerick is the author of the book "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry," out later this month.

Interview with Austin Frerick, author of “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry”

Kate Conlow

April 15, 2024

Angus Deaton's Economics in America explores the causes of inequality and offers a roadmap how to tame it.

Did Economists Break the Economy? Review of Deaton’s Economics in America

Hal Singer

April 11, 2024

Companies like Uber have fought tooth and nail to preserve their workers’ independent contractor status. (Jacob Lund/Getty Images)

Gig Workers Should Be Allowed To Organize. The FTC and DOJ Can Help Make That Happen.

Bryce Tuttle

March 23, 2024

A rendering of a new Utah Jazz/National Hockey League arena in Salt Lake City that team owner Ryan Smith released via Twitter.

So Long as Professional Teams Have Local Monopolies, Stadium Subsidies Will Never End

David Berri

March 11, 2024

Image credit: Tumisu on Pixabay

The Most Terrifying Words in Lina Khan’s Stand-Up Comedy Routine

Laurel Kilgour

March 05, 2024

Wendy's proposed "dynamic" pricing scheme generated a host of memes on Twitter. Neoliberals didn't understand the outrage.

Neoliberal Pundit Cannot Fathom How a Company’s “Dynamic” Pricing Scheme Could Harm Customers

Max Moran

March 05, 2024

Capital One's proposed acquisition of Discover should be subjected to serious antitrust scrutiny.

The Proposed Merger of Capital One and Discover Deserves Rigorous Scrutiny

Dylan Gyauch-Lewis

March 04, 2024

FTC Chair Lina Khan speaks at an event on Antitrust, Labor, and Economic Opportunity at Harvard Law School on Feb. 21. Credit: Lorin Granger

Lina Khan Sucks, by The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board (SATIRE)

Darren Bush

March 04, 2024

Recent data show that since 2005, more than 150 rural hospitals have shut their doors and more than 30% of all hospitals in rural areas are at immediate risk of closure.

Enforcers as Healers: Can Enforcers Cure the Losses Hospital Deserts Cause to Millions of Americans?

Theodosia Stavroulaki

February 29, 2024