Antitrust should center on dynamic market forces that drive major technological change, rather than on static “big is bad” market analysis, based on the work of the 2025 economics Nobel Prize winners. Antitrust enforcers in the United States and around the world could benefit by incorporating these insights into their policy development. Focus on Dynamic ... Nobel Prize Winners’ Work Supports Dynamic Antitrust Enforcement The post Nobel Prize Winners’ Work Supports Dynamic Antitrust E...| Truth on the Market
Brazil’s long-anticipated Bill 4,675/2025, which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government submitted last month to Congress, proposes to enact ex-ante regulation for digital markets (I offered an initial assessment here). While presented as a natural evolution of competition law, the proposal would instead alter some foundational aspects of the Brazilian antitrust framework. The measure ... Will Brazil Subtly Sweep Consumer Welfare Under the Rug?| Truth on the Market
Recent private and government antitrust suits have been directed at stamping out a variety of allegedly anticompetitive real-estate industry practices. A 2024 settlement between private plaintiffs and the National Association of Realtors sought to reduce brokerage commissions by promoting transparency and competition among realtors. Sound antitrust enforcement, though no panacea, may over time prove to ... Antitrust Takes on High Realtor Commissions The post Antitrust Takes on High Realtor Co...| Truth on the Market
The abundance movement, which seeks to lift the burden of inefficient regulation off the private sector to unleash equitable growth, has become the policy platform for many liberals. Dylan Gyauch-Lewis argues that the movement fails to account for the costs of externalities that many of the regulations it derides seek to address.| ProMarket