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Tim Wu
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Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/ .. more

Timothy Shiou-Ming Wu is a Taiwanese-American legal scholar who served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy at the United States from 2021 to 2023. He is also a professor of law at Columbia University and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is known legally and academically for significant contributions to antitrust and communications policy, coining the phrase "network neutrality" in his 2003 law journal article, Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination. In the late 2010s, Wu was a leading advocate for an antitrust lawsuit directed at the breakup of Facebook. .. more

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Reposted by Tim Wu

Part II is a case study of four 20th century U.S. tech industries: automotive, aerospace, computing and telecommunications. Differential antitrust treatment of the four industries helps explain differing industry structures and succession patterns, growth and innovation.

The paper is intended for scholars and practitioners of strategic economic policy. The paper identifies three mechanisms for strengthening domestic industry: direct aid, support, and discipline. Antitrust can be used for discipline, by requiring competition instead of collusion.

"Antitrust and Industrial Policy: A Misunderstood Relationship."
This is a new draft academic paper I've been working on for a while (serious comments welcome). It suggests that the antitrust regime should be understood as a part of the industrial policy toolkit.
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Antitrust and Industrial Policy: A Misunderstood Relationship
<p>Antitrust and industrial policy have long been understood as separate areas of policy, handled by different officials with different priorities. Superficiall
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Reposted by Tim Wu

Reposted by Tim Wu

Reposted by Tim Wu

Reposted by Tim Wu

Reposted by Tim Wu