Insights
Backseat Driver: Data Privacy, Your Car, and You
Without federal legislation around the ownership and privacy of data collected by sophisticated personal vehicles, the legal rules of the road about such data are unclear.
Go time: On the Doorstep of a Recession, Rural SMBs Find Success Using Multiple Selling Methods
On the doorstep of recession, U.S. rural small business sellers find success, resilience, and agility by using multiple sales methods, both online and offline.
Acquisitions, Neo-Brandeisian Antitrust, and Harming Innovation: The Unusual, Experimental Case of Meta, Within, and the FTC
A partisan move by FTC Commissioners seeks to block Meta from acquiring a small VR company. This move upends decades of antitrust standards and likely causes more harm than good.
The Lorax in the Monkey House: Injecting Innovation and Competition into Platform Services Markets
State and local governments can supercharge market competition and innovation by better empowering alternative business models like worker cooperatives.
Should Big Tech Acquisitions Be Restricted?
Analysis of datasets on M&A and venture activity shows Big Tech's startup acquisitions don't reduce competition or dampen innovation.
Should Platforms Be Banned from Selling in Their Own Markets?
New policies propose to ban platforms from selling in their own marketplaces but disregard the economic benefits of seller-operated marketplaces.
The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Jake Ward, CEO of Data Protocol
We discuss with Jake Ward, CEO of Data Protocol, how they create education programs and certifications to help software developers view data privacy as a feature of every product.
Should Antitrust Law Be Applied to Labor Markets?
DCI Competition Fellow Liad Wagman analyzes the application of antitrust rules to labor markets, in light of a new Democrat majority running the FTC.
U.S. Hispanic-Owned Small Businesses Are At the Forefront of Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Pandemic
DCI Retail Fellow Hitha Herzog discusses hosting a panel discussion about small businesses using digital tools, featuring Hispanic SMB owners from across the country.