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Tag Archives: monopoly
Tech Giants vs legacy media and governments – latest podcast episode
One of the biggest pieces of international news this week was the announcement that the US Department of Justice is suing Google over its alleged monopoly in search (see US justice department sues Google over accusation of illegal monopoly). The … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australia, bigtech, creativedestruction, facebook, google, government, legacymedia, marketpower, monopoly, newscorp, ninefairfax, regulation, usdoj, youtube
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US infrastructure: lessons from Australia, with Darren Brady Nelson – Economics Explained EP36
I recently spoke with Darren Brady Nelson about his new Heartland Institute Policy Brief How to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure: lessons from Australia. You can now listen to our conversation which I’ve published as Economics Explained EP36. Darren is an … Continue reading
Posted in Competition policy, Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged airports, america, assetrecycling, competition, efficiency, heartlandinstitute, infrastructure, monopoly, nationalcompetitionpolicy, ncp, optus, privatization, productivitycommission, telecommunications, telstra, us, usa, vodafone
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Antitrust & “Hipster Trustbusters” with Danielle Wood from Grattan – Economics Explained EP22
The massive market power of the big tech companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, has prompted a renewed interest in antitrust laws. To discuss antitrust, I invited Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute on to my Economics Explained podcast, … Continue reading
Posted in Competition policy, Uncategorized
Tagged accc, amazon, antitrust, contestablemarkets, doj, facebook, google, m&a, marketpower, microsoft, monopoly, oligopoly
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