'There's a long anti-monopoly vision in the US,' said Richard R. John at #StiglerAntitrust24 . Why don't we know more about it?

'Because historians have been bought off. The only serious book on post-WW2 antitrust is [journalist] Matt Stoller's'

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NEW: Giovanna massarotto (@PCL_CTIC, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School) writes that #antitrust actions against major technology companies like AT&T, IBM, and Microsoft over the past century, though imperfect, have positively impacted innovation and competition in the computer industry.
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In her opinion piece in The Hill, CTIC acad. fellow Giovanna Massarotto describes potential outcomes in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s suit against Apple for illegally maintaining a monopoly on the smartphone market and harming millions of U.S. consumers. tinyurl.com/3zr2ftyz

Drawing lessons from the landmark AT&T and IBM antitrust cases for the 2020s. Insightful discussion among historians Richard R. John , economists Fiona Scott Morton - Robert Crandall, lawyers and tech-savvy Tim Wu and Giovanna massarotto youtu.be/2VNivXjrU3A?si… via YouTube

What a great discussion on the AT&T and IBM cases with Tim Wu Richard R. John Fiona Scott Morton and Robert Crandall at Stigler Center Antitrust and Competition conference. What lessons can we learn from these landmark cases for the 2020s?

Giovanna massarotto Penn CTIC University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Read Giovanna massarotto's recent ProMarket article on how antitrust actions against AT&T, IBM and Microsoft 'positively impacted innovation and competition in the computer industry'
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Panelists present differing views on the extent to which the AT&T and IBM cases influenced the trajectory of the transistor and personal computer. Speaking now is Giovanna massarotto from CTIC University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Follow the discussion at #StiglerAntitrust2024

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At the UChicago stigler antitrust conference - great conference. This morning is research on productivity growth and antitrust

. Giovanna massarotto (@Penn, CTIC, @PennLaw) highlights how the invention of the transistor set the tone for the digital economy as we know it today. The rapid diffusion of the transistor was catalyzed by the U.S. govt’s antitrust actions against AT&T in the mid-20th century

Driving innovation with #antitrust Lessons from the story of the transistor, Unix and much more!

Looking forward to it

At #StiglerAntitust24 :

Did #antitrust litigation against AT&T and IBM shape the development of the PC? Or was the actual long-term impact of this enforcement minimal?

🎙️ Fiona Scott Morton, Robert Crandall, Richard R. John, Giovanna massarotto, and Tim Wu 🎙️

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Great tl;dr of our paper Debt Tokens, forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review!

Thank you, ContractsProf Blog!!!
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📢 Livestream registration for our #StiglerAntitrust24 Conference is now open!💡

Organized by Zingales, Guy Rolnik and Filippo Lancieri, our theme this year is 'Antitrust, Regulation and the Diffusion of Innovation.'

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Happy birthday to the World Wide Web!

MIT professor Tim Berners-Lee’s invention was initially described by his CERN supervisor as “vague but exciting”: bit.ly/2EXaniz

(v/Tim Berners-Lee & World Wide Web Foundation, image courtesy of Sotheby’s)

I’ve posted “mergers of complements,” which unite complements into one firm. The presence of such mergers is more than has been acknowledged. Further, the structural indicators of harm don't work, and the range of efficiencies is greater. Comments welcome papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

With my favorite antitrust scholars Herbert hovenkamp and Daniel Rubinfeld at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School JLI symposium 'Antitrust at a Crossroads: The Challenge of Digital Platforms' penncareylaw.cventevents.com/event/c57cc148…

LISTEN: Prof. Herb Hovenkamp (Herbert hovenkamp) discusses why we should avoid the effort to 'break up' big tech Wharton Business Daily penncareylaw.news/4bKUNFu

Looking forward to discussing my favorite antitrust cases at UniversityofChicago Stigler Center Antitrust and Competition Conference on April 18 #antitrust #innovation chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl…