Concentration refers to two similar but distinct issues—the size of firms relative to the economy as a whole and the size of firms relative to their competitors. Equitable Growth is interested in both aspects, with an eye to how much concentration is occurring, its direct effects on prices and wages, and its indirect effects on innovation, entrepreneurship, and inequality.
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The consequences of U.S. hospital consolidation on local economies, healthcare providers, and patients
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
New research suggests connections between market concentration and the exercise of political power in the United States
January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023
Supermarket chain Kroger’s takeover of rival Albertsons is a test for U.S. antitrust law on pre-closing dividends
November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022
Walmart is a monopsonist that depresses earnings and employment beyond its own walls, but U.S. policymakers can do something about it
March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022
Falling Rates and Rising Superstars
January 7, 2022
January 7, 2022
Competitive Edge: Big Ag’s monopsony problem: How market dominance harms U.S. workers and consumers
February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021
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How to bring down the price of drugs such as the novel coronavirus therapy remdesivir
November 20, 2020
November 20, 2020
Restoring Competition in the United States: A Vision of Antitrust Enforcement for the Next Decade
November 19, 2020 1:00PM - 4:10PM
Equitable Growth’s Amanda Fischer joins others in comment letter to antitrust regulator on harmful U.S. banking consolidation
October 27, 2020
October 27, 2020
Testimony by Michael Kades before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on digital markets
October 1, 2020
October 1, 2020
Competitive Edge: Remedying monopoly violation by social networks—the role of interoperability and rulemaking
September 23, 2020
September 23, 2020
Interoperability as a competition remedy for digital networks
September 23, 2020
September 23, 2020
Main Street’s workers, families, and small businesses are now suffering as Wall Street prospers from policies to fight the coronavirus recession
September 17, 2020
September 17, 2020
Mark-ups in the cement industry: An evolution of scale economies and market power
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Cannabis-infused dreams: A market at the crossroads of criminal and conventional
August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Combating the market power of U.S. corporations over workers and consumers
August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
More resilient small U.S. restaurants and their workers can exit the coronavirus recession and sustain an equitable economic recovery
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
Competitive Edge: The future of vertical mergers and the thing called ‘EDM’
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
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