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26 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
These quotes from Larry Summers are practically word for word Chicago School talking points. Summers is not a scholar, he doesn’t have ideas, he’s merely a lobbyist for capital. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
The key political question is whether the point of antitrust is to take on market power or foster it under the guise of efficiency. Summers merely repeats all the old shibboleths, ‘protect competition not competitors,’ ‘1960’s horror show,’ etc.
If you think we have a monopoly problem in America then you have common sense. If you think things are fine then you are Larry Summers. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
To put it differently, if you think pharma and hospital prices and surprise billing are a-ok, and that airline baggage fees help create a more efficient flying experience, then Larry Summers makes a lot of sense here. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

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This is just wrong and a naive read of the Chinese government. The PRC will not respond to anything but force and sustained embarrassment.

Until scientists stop acting like weenies and say 'the virus probably came from the Wuhan Lab and China is covering it up' we get nothing.
The utterly reckless and naive approach to the Chinese government continues to astonish. Their leaders are self-described Leninists who do not believe in scientific truth. To them truth is about raw power, and nothing more.
And by 'force' I don't mean war, I mean using economic and political leverage to protect ourselves from PRC coercion.
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24 Jun
Judiciary markup of big tech antitrust bills reconvenes, members are officially tired already.
Jim Jordan says the conflict of interest break-up bill HR 3825 has too much vagueness and will allow an "army of woke civil servants" to carve up big tech.
And now @RepJayapal is giving a good history of how break-ups help foster innovation.
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Why a Pro-Monopoly Supreme Court Ruled Against the NCAA Monopoly mattstoller.substack.com/p/why-a-pro-mo…
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Re: NYC mayor's race. I took a quick look at the top four candidate's web sites to see how they see small business from an anti-monopoly lens. They all have 'get rid of regulations' and 'provide capital to struggling small businesses'' pro forma box checking.
Kathryn Garcia wants to retain the restaurant fee delivery cap on Uber, et al. She also has an interesting proposal on helping to live-stream theater. And she discusses the need to break from cable monopolies for universal broadband. kgfornyc.com/policy/recover…
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I thought about the explosive news of Lina Khan becoming FTC Chair, and wrote up what it means for our politics. Why did Biden pick someone to lead an antitrust revolution? mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-antitrus…
Khan is something rare in progressive politics, someone with academic credentials and mastery over a dense technical subject, but also connected with a broad-based populist social movement that crosses partisan lines. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-antitrus…
I've talked to a lot of people in business, both Republicans and Democrats, and they really respect Khan. It's because, I think, she got her training not as a lawyer but as a business journalist talking to people facing monopoly. Here's an example. ideas.time.com/2013/11/01/why…
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Google's Wilson White just told @amyklobuchar that Google supports interoperability for big tech firms, "it's our North Star." judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/prote…
Amazon's Ryan McCrate says Amazon supports interoperability. "We will always work backwards from what works for our customers, and that includes interoperability."
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