Competition Lore Podcast Competition Lore

In this episode we are joined by Matt Perault, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook. Matt has looked the challenges squarely in the eye and shares with us how the social network giant has been dealing with them, together with his thoughts on how interactions between stakeholders can affect policy outcomes, for better or worse. It’s a rich and wide ranging conversation that you won’t want to miss.

Shilpi Battacharya, Associate Professor at Jindal Global University, and Ujwal Kumar, Policy Advisor at Consumer Unity and Trust Society discuss competition law developments in India.

Professor Tommaso Valletti has just completed his three year term as DG Comp’s Chief Economist and has much to share about his experience.

Associate Professor John Newman from the University of Miami, discusses his research on attention markets, why he thinks there are substantial individual and societal costs associated with concentration in these markets and the role for antitrust and regulation in responding to this under-explored problem.

Morag Bond and Kate Reader, the joint general managers of The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Inquiry team discuss its ground-breaking inquiry into digital platforms.

Professor Frank Pasqualeof the University of Maryland discusses the dominance of digital platforms as a failing of antitrust in front of a live audience at the Melbourne Law School for the Digital Citizens Conference.