Insights
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.
Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: New Research Shows That Small Businesses Still Thrive With Brick-and-Mortar Sales
While more and more small businesses adopt digital apps, stores, and platforms as selling methods, "old fashioned" brick-and-mortar sales are still alive and well.
Tech Industry Acquisitions and Competition: Counterpoints to an Incomplete FTC Report and Legislation that Relies on It
New research results call for a reevaluation of policymakers’ assumptions about "big tech" M&A, and suggest that tech acquisitions are actually a symptom of healthy competition.
Introduction To DCI’s “The New State of Data Privacy” Series
The Editor In Chief of DCI introduces a new editorial series, "The New State of Data Privacy," focused on the rapidly-expanding landscape of private companies working on Privacy Tech.
The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Michelle Finneran Dennedy – Partner, Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO, PrivacyCode, Inc.
We discuss with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Partner at Privatus Strategic Consulting & CEO at PrivacyCode, the exploding Privacy Tech landscape, and the innovations of small private companies.
The Disappearing Space Between Legitimate Competition and Antitrust: The Case of Facebook
Several U.S. state attorneys general have argued that Facebook is guilty of anticompetitive conduct while blurring the lines between legitimate and illegitimate competition.
No There There: Putting Big Tech’s Acquisitions In the Proper Context
The FTC's tunnel-vision focus on the sheer number of tiny acquisitions by "big tech" during the past decade is being used as justification for a complete antitrust system overhaul.
Roaring Twenties or Digital Depression? Q&A With Prof. Scott Stern of MIT Sloan School of Management
In this Q&A with Prof. Scott Stern of MIT Sloan, we discuss the relationship of Main Street small businesses to major technology companies on the backdrop of both antitrust and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.