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Back to Search#35 Mergernomics: GUPPIs
Episode 35
In this episode of Trust and Trade, Dr. Elizabeth Wang, Executive VP of economic consulting firm Compass Lexecon, explains how antitrust enforcers us…
2 years, 2 months ago
#34 "Why Is My Grocery Bill So High?"
Episode 34
Why are groceries more expensive than they were 4 years ago? In this episode, agriculture policy expert Austin Frerick and economist Tim Richards deb…
2 years, 2 months ago
#33 Mergernomics: Critical Loss
Episode 33
In this episode you'll learn everything you need to know about the Critical Loss test used by enforcers to determine whether to block a merger - what…
2 years, 2 months ago
#32 The Non-Competes Ban
Episode 32
In this episode, Open Markets Institute's Sandeep Vaheesan and former acting FTC Chair Maureen Ohlhausen discuss the looming nationwide ban on noncom…
2 years, 3 months ago
#31 Mergernomics
Episode 31
This episode kicks off Trust and Trade's "Mergernomics" series, demystifying the economic analysis that antitrust enforcers use to predict whether a …
2 years, 3 months ago
#30 Breaking Down the Closing Arguments in U.S. v Google
Episode 30
It's been called the "antitrust trial of the century" - U.S. v Google, the DOJ and state AGs' case against Google's alleged search monopoly. In this …
2 years, 4 months ago
#29 Oral History of the LCD Screens Case
Episode 29
US v AU Optronics, or, the LCD screens case, is one of the most important price-fixing cartel cases of the last 25 years. Now, for the first time, co…
2 years, 8 months ago
#28 A Brief History of Privacy Enforcement by the FTC
Episode 28
The word "privacy" doesn't appear in the FTC Act, yet for 25 years, the FTC has used its limited resources and enforcement tools to act as the countr…
2 years, 11 months ago
#27 The Hidden Impact of the Shipping Act Exemption
Episode 27
Look around you - almost everything in your home or office was once on an ocean shipping vessel. Yet this essential area of commerce continues to enj…
2 years, 11 months ago
#26 Lina Under Fire
Episode 26
Season 3 of Trust and Trade kicks off with an in-depth look at the heated turn in the relationship between the Federal Trade Commission and Congress,…
3 years ago