Root & Branch Antitrust – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org The Law and Political Economy Project Tue, 03 May 2022 05:20:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://lpeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-LPE_Favicon_512px_BlackBG-450x450.png Root & Branch Antitrust – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org 32 32 The Public Benefit of Liberalizing Coordination between Small Economic Players: The Australian Experience https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-public-benefit-of-liberalizing-coordination-between-small-economic-players-the-australian-experience/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=6812 This post concludes a symposium on Root and Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust. Read the rest of the symposium here. *** As in many common law countries around the world, Australian law maintains a clear statutory divide between the regulation of “employee” labor markets, and markets for “goods and services.” Most Australian employees have access to the benefits of economic coordination through...

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]]> Can Contract Workers Organize as Joint Venture Associations? https://lpeproject.org/blog/can-contract-workers-organize-as-joint-venture-associations/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=6820 This post is part of a symposium on root and branch reconstruction in antitrust. Read the rest of the symposium here. *** Sanjukta Paul (here and here), Marina Lao, Hiba Hafiz, and Marshall Steinbaum all have written about the antitrust issues raised by contract workers forming associations that would negotiate collectively with the firms that purchase their services. This post builds on their...

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]]> The Antitrust Case Against Gig Economy Labor Platforms https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-antitrust-case-against-gig-economy-labor-platforms/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=6778 This post is part of a symposium on root and branch reconstruction in antitrust. Read the rest of the symposium here. *** For years now, labor unions and their allies have accurately identified the so-called gig economy as an existential threat to whatever shred of worker power and labor standards remains in the US economy. Where gig workers lack the legal status of employees...

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]]> Merger Policy for a Fair Economy https://lpeproject.org/blog/merger-policy-for-a-fair-economy/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=6775 This post is part of a symposium on Root and Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust. Read the rest of the symposium here. *** The economic pathologies brought to the surface by the Coronavirus pandemic, such as price instability, fragile supply chains, and end-good shortages, are in part a story of corporate consolidation and lax merger policy. Contributing to or taking advantage of ongoing inflation...

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]]> Root and Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust: A Symposium https://lpeproject.org/blog/root-and-branch-reconstruction-in-antitrust-a-symposium/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=6770 This post introduces a symposium on Root and Branch Reconstruction in Antitrust. Read the rest of the symposium here. *** The view that status quo antitrust policy and thinking needs a “root and branch reconstruction” has gained a much wider sympathetic audience in the last few years. Some external interlocutors of the academic research and policy program associated with this view...

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