What Happens in Real Bureaucracies
Wilson’s Bureaucracy course at Harvard was the beginning of a lifelong professional relationship.
The Apple E-Books Litigation: A Page-Turner
Allegations in complaints befit a conspiracy novel – one that Apple argues is completely fictional.
Do Expert Agencies Outperform Generalist Judges?
Empirical evidence suggests that expert agencies perform no better than courts.
Feds Claim Unlawful “Conspiracy” Inflated Prices of E-books
Antitrust lawsuit alleges Apple and five publishers conspired to eliminate competition.
FCC Reform Bill Wins Key Committee Vote
Party-line vote moves forward bill that would change FCC processes.
A Pill Everyone Can Swallow
The FDA’s proposal to modernize generic drug approvals meets with broad support.
FTC Stalls Omnicare/PharMerica Merger
Antitrust complaint filed against pharmaceutical industry deal.
A Call for a Radical New Communications Policy
The FCC should regulate like antitrust agencies, providing competition-based ex post remedies.
Regulatory Year in Review: 2011
Cost-benefit analysis, Europe’s E. coli outbreak, health care antitrust, environmental regulation, and more … as discussed in our top analysis posts from 2011.
Regulatory Year in Review: 2011
Health care reform, the Dodd-Frank Act, environmental protection, and open government are discussed in our top news posts from 2011.
FCC Staff Report Finds AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Contrary to Public Interest
AT&T calls report “obviously one-sided” and questions whether its authors were “predisposed.”