Explaining antitrust law, antimonopoly, the consequences of concentrated corporate power, and how the law distributes power in our society. Click to read Law and Power, by Daniel Hanley, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Big AI’s call for an antitrust exemption is a ruse. Here’s how to structure AI safety talks until real leadership arrives in Washington.

The job market for new economics PhD graduates has undergone notable shifts in recent years. While career paths in economics have traditionally included research-intensive roles in academia and policy, new opportunities in industry, particularly in tech, have expanded the types of positions available to graduates. This week, using our data on online professional profiles, we show how the job market for economics PhD graduates has evolved over time.

Article II of the Constitution says that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Ever since the 1980s, it has be

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A list of 15 federal laws enacted between 1918 and 1998, that Congress enacted, in part due to a report published by the Federal Trade Commission.

It’s no secret that America’s democracy is breaking down. The most critical problem is that Congress does not function as a political institution, never mind a democratic one.

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A renewed focus on the cost of living crisis is a welcome and potentially unifying frame for the political left. Yet unless we confront the Trump administration's consolidated economic, cultural…

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division signed off on Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., allowing the blockbuster media merger to move forward.

ProMarket is kicking-off a discussion of the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA), an antitrust law preventing price discrimination that hasn’t been enforced in decades. Erik Peinert and Katherine Van Dyck lay…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has urged the Department of Financial Services to use its authority over remittance licensing to block the merger of Western Union/Intermex after federal antitrust r...