Antitrust
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A New Antitrust Doctrine
Tl;dr: Sorry but you’re not getting off that easily with this post. There are different schools of antitrust thought. Each has principles and priorities it seeks to translate into an actionable and consistent framework for enforcement and policymaking. But the inevitably messy collision of intellectual frameworks with the real world makes antitrust a highly subjective…
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Living in a Glass House: The New York Times On Tech
Tl;dr: Some topics are suggested for the New York Times’ technology newsletter that are perhaps more lively and self-aware than their usual fare Despite regular skirmishing between “Silicon Valley” and the self-appointed hall monitors from the New York Times’ seemingly merged Style and Technology sections, the Times’ daily OnTech newsletter flies beneath the radar. Perhaps…
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The DOJ Play at Home Game
While last year’s Platformonomics Holiday Gift Guide brought seasonal joy to vast swathes of humanity, this year’s holiday recommendation has a very specific audience: Googlers. To my friends at Google: You did a great job over the years keeping your email boring and mostly devoid of colorful yet easily cherrypicked soundbites. But your antitrust reckoning…