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Ted Tatos

@tedtatos.bsky.social
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Alex's dad. Empirical microeconomist & statistician. Assoc. Econ Editor @ The Antitrust Bulletin. Published papers available at utah.academia.edu/TedTatos. Mountain biker & roadie cyclist. #SlavaUkraïni

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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
10. These tools have learned to exploit Amazon’s rules, says @tedtatos.bsky.social. One tactic is a “wait my turn” strategy: Instead of undercutting the seller with the Buy Box, they hold back, allowing that seller to raise prices, knowing they will get their own turn at the higher price.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 29/01/2026
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using BeePrincess Bike Helmets Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Head Injury; Violates Mandatory Standard for Bicycle Helmets www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
Dangerous bike helmet.
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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social · 16/01/2026
"The Harm to Consumers and Sellers from Universal Commerce Protocol, in Google’s Own Words" @tedtatos.bsky.social www.thesling.org/the-harm-to-...
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The Harm to Consumers and Sellers from Universal Commerce Protocol, in Google’s Own Words - The Sling
This week, to much fanfare, Google introduced its new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). UCP was developed in collaboration with multiple retail partners, including Target and Walmart.. UCP involves a...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
For anyone still unclear about the benefits to labor from union membership.
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Steve Salop @stevesalop.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here is a link to my new article on the raising rivals cost approach to the Robinson Patman Act. www.promarket.org/category/the...
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Antitrust and Competition Archives - ProMarket
A key distinction in economic viewpoints that goes oft-unnoticed is between pro-business and pro-market. A good bellwether to where someone stands on the pro-business/market continuum is his/her stanc...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I have a new piece on The Sling explaining how algorithms on Amazon work to "raise prices 24/7". Key point: repricers "wait their turn" to get the Buy Box, then hike prices while matching each other. Who loses? Consumers. www.thesling.org/how-algorith...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Former antitrust enforcers under both Democratic and Republican administrations rally against the SCORE Act and raise the possibility for algorithmic price fixing by schools w/r/t NIL agreements. c6359a8f-fa33-4b9f-9dfe-dc9c3c73e548.usrfiles.com/ugd/f96b62_e...
Letter from antitrust regulators to congresspersons against the SCORE act
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal. Piece by George Riekeles and I. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
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Brian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
New paper at JERP with Trevor Bopp and Robert Turick: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Leadership Representation and Team Performance: Evidence from Collegiate Football - Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy
We estimate the effect of managerial racial matching on firm performance using the college football setting. We first identify the effects of leadership representation on racially minoritized recruitm...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I have a new piece in @TheSlingUtah explaining why a 50-year mortgage, the new proposal from the White House (or Bill Pulte to be more specific), is a terrible idea. It doesn't create more home owners, just maybe more mortgages and more interest payments. www.thesling.org/a-50-year-mo...
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A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea - The Sling
Home affordability is a pressing issue. Young people often enter the workforce saddled with student debt, limited work options, and faced with exorbitant housing costs. For the millennial generation, ...
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sanjukta paul @sanjukta.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Remarkable excerpt from the google remedies decision referring to the role of "market forces" in constraining a judicial remedy.
Excerpt from google remedies decision stating: "there are strong reasons not to jolt the system and to allow market forces to do the work"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/08/2025
New: Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than a third of that. By @emilyschwing.bsky.social‬
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Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.
Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-th...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Absolutely amazing sporting achievement. At age 26, Pogačar has already won the Tour de France four times and if he wins next year, he will still be younger than Armstrong* was in 1999.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Following @elienyc.bsky.social I Googled to check AI content about me. I have never said anything remotely resembling the attached.
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The Sling @theslingutah.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New piece by @halsinger.bsky.social: the next Democratic campaign should focus on the replacement of lost government jobs and the creation of new government jobs, not government spending. Check it out! www.thesling.org/skip-the-spe...
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Skip the Spending Plans. Head Directly to Government Jobs. - The Sling
Aside from garnering votes, a jobs program would build human capital for workers to deploy in their future work in private or public sector. A jobs program critically would shift power balance in labo...
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
For reference, the price was $13.99 last year. That’s a 43% price hike.
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
And here we go. Specialized has added a tariff surcharge on bikes, beginning with the newly-introduced mountain e-bike, Turbo Levo 4.
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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Oh hey, look what came in the mail today!
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Daniel Hanley @danielahanley.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Excited to share that Duquesne Law Review has published an article by @basel.bsky.social and me, offering a clear and comprehensive interpretive framework for Section 7 of the Clayton Act. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My grandson is in AmericaCorp. Good deed doers all. They just received notification that AmeriCorp has been discontinued. They have to journey across states to Mississippi and be completely moved out in 48 hours as of this AM. I’m getting pretty tired of all the winning.
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Maybe it’s past time to choose a women’s college basketball coaching or player icon to replace the Wooden Award for most outstanding women’s college basketball player. Just saying.
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hmmm. The NBA sez WNBA loses $. WNBA should offer its $105 mil share of next expansion fee (42% of $250mil) to buy out 42%. If NBA refuses, players assoc must demand to know why. www.sportico.com/leagues/bask...
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WNBA Expansion Cuts Into Owners’ Share, Not NBA or 2022 Investors
WNBA owners hold 42% of league equity, while the NBA owns another 42% and the remaining 16% belongs to a 2022 investment consortium.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Sam C. Ehrlich @samcehrlich.com · 04/02/2025
Finally ready to announce my winter break project that some of you already know about: I've created a website to keep track of all of the court cases shaping college sports. Introducing the College Sports Litigation Tracker.
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The College Sports Litigation Tracker
Here, we break down complex legal proceedings and key litigation into easily understandable summaries, so you can stay informed on the latest developments affecting athletes, institutions, and the…
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The DOJ has filed a statement of interest in opposition to the Proposed Settlement in the NCAA NIL litigation, noting the agreement enshrines for ten years "a facially anticompetitive restraint." (full statement here: www.justice.gov/atr/media/13...)
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Daniel Hanley @danielahanley.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Using @tedtatos.bsky.social and @halsinger.bsky.social's words, college sports have "plantation dynamics." Every word of their article "Antitrust Anachronism" is amazing. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Amazing. For decades, the NCAA has fought NIL tooth and nail, with their economic "experts" offering myriad specious arguments. Now we have coaches acknowledging that "NIL opportunities are essential for our student athletes to help them succeed on and off the field."
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Whatever one might think of UNC hiring Bill Belichick, he's likely going to increase the NIL pot available there, which is great news for the college athlete labor pool.
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Just a reminder for college sports fans unhappy with the state of the transfer portal: the status quo exists because NCAA member schools refuse to recognize college athletes as employees.
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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Apropos of the college football parity "chaos" we see, I remember when the NCAA trotted out a bunch of highly-paid "expert economists" to prattle on how paying college athletes would hurt "competitive balance" in NCAA sports. So much nonsense.
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