Pluralistic: To save the news, shatter ad-tech (25 May 2023)


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Pluralistic: 07 Nov 2022 The good news is that Penguin Random House can't buy all the other publishers


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Pluralistic: 28 Sep 2022 Maintaining monopolies with the cloud


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Pluralistic: 14 Mar 2022


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Pluralistic: 08 Mar 2022


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Pluralistic: 27 Feb 2022


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The Doctrine of Moral Hazard

When it comes to self-preferencing, right wing economists are right: incentives matter.

A referee in a striped jersey extends his arm to make a call; perched upon his arm is a vintage newspaper political cartoon of Roosevelt as a trustbuster, swinging a club.

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee spent 23 hours debating a historically unprecedented package of tech competition bills, surprising observers by passing all six of the legislative proposals under consideration, with bipartisan support.

Each of the six bills is interesting in its own waysβ€Šβ€”β€Šfor example, the ACCESS Act (HR 6487) uses interoperability and standards to reduce the costs we bear when we leave monopoly platforms behind, by letting us stay in touch with the friends who stay.

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Pluralistic: 04 Aug 2020


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