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@theslingutah.bsky.social
· Sep 8
A Judge Just Decided to Let Google Keep Breaking the Law - The Sling
After nearly five years of intense litigation, the landmark United States v. Google antitrust trial is finally over. Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled last fall that Google illegally monopolized internet sear...
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Bryce Tuttle
@bryce-tuttle.com
· Aug 19
The Sling
@theslingutah.bsky.social
· Sep 8
A Judge Just Decided to Let Google Keep Breaking the Law - The Sling
After nearly five years of intense litigation, the landmark United States v. Google antitrust trial is finally over. Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled last fall that Google illegally monopolized internet sear...
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@theslingutah.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Prior Authorization: A Consolidated PBM Nightmare - The Sling
On December 3, 2024, Chris Salinas officially entered a nightmare that would make Freddy Krueger proud—a nightmare in the medical industry known as prior authorization. Even I, as his gastroenterologi...
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The Sling
@theslingutah.bsky.social
· Aug 13
No, The Tunney Act Won’t Save Democracy - The Sling
Is there a problem with Paramount making a major settlement with Trump and firing Colbert and then having its merger with Skydance approved? We’ll never know, because the courts will only review the c...
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· Aug 11
The Abundance Movement’s Blindside: How Economic Concentration Fuels Political Capture in the Post-Citizens United Era - The Sling
There is intense debate between Neo-Brandeisians, antitrust centrists, and supply-side “abundance” liberals, regarding the economic benefits and political dangers of concentrated markets and dominant ...
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· Aug 8
The Trump Administration Should Tap the Brakes on the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger - The Sling
Railroad mergers haven’t happened in a while, and that’s a good thing. During the Reagan era, the country witnessed a rapid consolidation of its railroad industry. In the two decades following the 198...
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David Berri
@wagesofwins.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Major League Baseball Owners Are Agitating (Again) for a Salary Cap. This Isn’t Good News for Players. - The Sling
Why do owners want a salary cap? The spending by teams like the Dodgers does bid up the cost of free agents. If the league could cap spending, players would generally be cheaper. And that would transf...
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Hal Singer
@halsinger.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Delta’s AI-Based Personalized Pricing Is Bad for Flyers. It Should Probably Be Banned. - The Sling
If there’s any doubt on the price effects from AI-based pricing, recall the boast from Delta’s executive—unit revenues are rising, which can’t happen if Delta is using the technology to drop prices on...
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Hal Singer
@halsinger.bsky.social
· Jul 13
Microsoft Says AI Has Boosted Worker Productivity. Their Pay Doesn’t Reflect It. - The Sling
A recent working paper authored by Microsoft researchers and academics analyzes the productivity increases in (non-terminated) software developers who use AI tools. The authors find that developers us...
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Bryce Tuttle
@bryce-tuttle.com
· Jun 3
The FTC Should Not Be Wielded as a Weapon of Authoritarianism - The Sling
The anti-monopoly community cannot continue to behave as if business-as-usual will continue at the FTC and DOJ. We cannot continue to segment anti-monopoly policy off from the rest of the Trump admini...
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The Sling
@theslingutah.bsky.social
· May 29
Skip the Spending Plans. Head Directly to Government Jobs. - The Sling
Aside from garnering votes, a jobs program would build human capital for workers to deploy in their future work in private or public sector. A jobs program critically would shift power balance in labo...
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Bryce Tuttle
@bryce-tuttle.com
· May 28
The FTC Should Not Be Wielded as a Weapon of Authoritarianism - The Sling
The anti-monopoly community cannot continue to behave as if business-as-usual will continue at the FTC and DOJ. We cannot continue to segment anti-monopoly policy off from the rest of the Trump admini...
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The Sling
@theslingutah.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Trump Shatters the Assumptions of Neoclassical Economics - The Sling
These past few months have had more than their share of decade-long weeks. Not even three months in, the second Trump administration has already totally shattered norms and scrambled the playing field...
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