The Biden administration has taken some bold moves to rein in big tech and to challenge market concentration more broadly. Who is winning this battle and why? What are the possibilities for and constraints on a fundamental shift in market power in America?
In April, Stacy Mitchell joined a panel, hosted by the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative at UC Berkeley, exploring these questions and more, bringing together scholars who study the history, theory, and practice of antitrust with advocates directly engaged in policy debates today.
The panel also featured Gerald Berk, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Oregon; AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor in the School of Information, UC Berkeley; Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project; and Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy, UC Berkeley. Isabella Mariani, a graduate student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, moderated.
You can watch “Has US Antitrust Reached A Turning Point?” here or below.
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