Current antitrust policy loves low prices. Although the premises of competition policy have in the past focused on different metrics and outcomes, policymakers find themselves re-evaluating some long-held assumptions about consumer benefit. As Congressional committees hold hearings on competition policy and populist rhetoric catches hold of the upcoming 2020 presidential election, policymakers increasingly face issues of antitrust policy. From the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to Judge Robert Bork’s seminal book The Antitrust Paradox, U.S. antitrust policy now confronts its third great turning as America’s technology companies reach maturity. What is the future of antitrust policy in the United States and what legal and economic questions should policymakers ask before deciding any major changes to the current framework?
Panelists include:
Sean Heather
Vice President | U.S. Chamber’s Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation (GRC)
Benjamin Hendricks
Counsel | O’Melveny & Myers, LLP
Haidee Schwartz
Partner | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
Acting Deputy Director, (fmr.) | FTC, Bureau of Competition
Moderated by:
Leslie Marx
Robert A. Bandeen Professor | Duke Fuqua School of Business
Former Chief Economist | Federal Communications Commission
Join Duke in DC for a Public Policy Roundtable on the on the future of antirust policy in America. Public Policy Roundtables offer an open forum for conversation on the art of the possible in American policymaking.