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Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

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A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint
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The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

by Cory Doctorow ...

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the
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The Power of Awareness

by Neville ...

Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe ... Read more

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Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe
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Bent Coppers

by Graeme McLagan ...

The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY ... Read more

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The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s - written by Graeme McLagan, contributor to THE REAL LINE OF DUTY.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read - the outrageous nature of bent cops' behaviour guarantees that' SUNDAY
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The Deal of the Century

The Breakup of AT&T

by Steve Coll ...

**A New York Times–bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation ( The Washington Post).Written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ghost Wars and Private Empire, The Deal of the Century chronicles the decade-long war for control of AT&T.When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the ... Read more

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**A New York Times–bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation ( The Washington Post).Written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ghost Wars and Private Empire, The Deal of the Century chronicles the decade-long war for control of AT&T.When the US Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in 1974, the
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United States v. Apple

Competition in America

by Chris Sagers ...

One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet ... Read more

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One of the most-followed antitrust cases of recent times—United States v. Apple—reveals an often-missed truth: what Americans most fear is competition itself.In 2012 the Department of Justice accused Apple and five book publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices. The evidence overwhelmingly showed an unadorned price-fixing conspiracy that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet
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The Antitrust Paradigm

Restoring a Competitive Economy

by Jonathan B. Baker ...

A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power.The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These firms can also use sophisticated pricing algorithms and customer data to secure substantial and persistent advantages ... Read more

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A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power.The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These firms can also use sophisticated pricing algorithms and customer data to secure substantial and persistent advantages
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Virtual Competition

The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke ...

“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data ... Read more

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“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data
... Read more
Regulating Big Tech

Policy Responses to Digital Dominance

Edited by Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ...

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and ... Read more

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Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and
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Australian Cartel Regulation

Law, Policy and Practice in an International Context

by Caron Beaton-Wells, Brent Fisse ...

Cartel regulation is a prime element of competition policy and an essential means of minimising the adverse effects of cartel activity on economic welfare. However, effective cartel regulation poses distinct challenges for governments, competition authorities and commentators across the globe. In Australian Cartel Regulation, leading competition law experts Caron Beaton-Wells and Brent Fisse ... Read more

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Cartel regulation is a prime element of competition policy and an essential means of minimising the adverse effects of cartel activity on economic welfare. However, effective cartel regulation poses distinct challenges for governments, competition authorities and commentators across the globe. In Australian Cartel Regulation, leading competition law experts Caron Beaton-Wells and Brent Fisse
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Antitrust Procedural Fairness

Edited by D. Daniel Sokol, Andrew T. Guzman ...

Much of antitrust law scholarship has focused on substantive legal issues - theories of harm and changing law and policy. Surprisingly, there has been very little work that is comparative, on a fundamental element that is a critical building block to effective policy - procedural fairness. Procedural fairness encompasses issues of transparency and due process. Procedural fairness has been an ... Read more

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Much of antitrust law scholarship has focused on substantive legal issues - theories of harm and changing law and policy. Surprisingly, there has been very little work that is comparative, on a fundamental element that is a critical building block to effective policy - procedural fairness. Procedural fairness encompasses issues of transparency and due process. Procedural fairness has been an
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Beneficial Ownership and Legal Responsibility

Concealment, Avoidance and Impunity

by Paul Beckett ...

Series series The Law of Financial Crime
This book explores the connection between ownership, on one hand, and immunity from legal responsibility, on the other. It presents a definition of the concept of beneficial ownership, the reasons for its concealment, and failures in international legal structures and arrangements.Globally, states confront complex crimes, such as corruption, tax evasion, doctrinal fanaticism, slave trafficking, ... Read more

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This book explores the connection between ownership, on one hand, and immunity from legal responsibility, on the other. It presents a definition of the concept of beneficial ownership, the reasons for its concealment, and failures in international legal structures and arrangements.Globally, states confront complex crimes, such as corruption, tax evasion, doctrinal fanaticism, slave trafficking,
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Competition Law in Japan

by Hiroshi Yamada ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Japan covers every aspect of the subject-the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement procedures ... Read more

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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of competition law and its interpretation in Japan covers every aspect of the subject-the various forms of restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance prohibited by law and the rules on merger control; tests of illegality; filing obligations; administrative investigation and enforcement procedures
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Business Combinations under Common Control

Practice, Determinants, and Earnings Quality

by Christian Rave ...

Series Book 22 - Muensteraner Schriften zur Internationalen Unternehmensrechnung
IFRS do not specify how to account for business combinations under common control (BCUCC). This study examines the practice, determinants, and earnings quality of different accounting methods used for BCUCC. A descriptive analysis presents the accounting and disclosure practice. Based on the identified accounting methods (acquisition method and book value method), an empirical analysis sheds light ... Read more

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IFRS do not specify how to account for business combinations under common control (BCUCC). This study examines the practice, determinants, and earnings quality of different accounting methods used for BCUCC. A descriptive analysis presents the accounting and disclosure practice. Based on the identified accounting methods (acquisition method and book value method), an empirical analysis sheds light
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International Trade, Regulation and the Global Economy

The Impact of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions

by Shanker Singham ...

Series series Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
The barriers between the voluntary exchange of willing buyers and willing sellers have progressively been reduced through trade liberalisation, competition and better property rights protection. However, the world has done significantly less well in reducing barriers involving competition and property rights. This book analyses how the economic prosperity which was promised has been undermined by ... Read more

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The barriers between the voluntary exchange of willing buyers and willing sellers have progressively been reduced through trade liberalisation, competition and better property rights protection. However, the world has done significantly less well in reducing barriers involving competition and property rights. This book analyses how the economic prosperity which was promised has been undermined by
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Abolition of Antitrust

by Gary Hull ...

The Abolition of Antitrust asserts that antitrust laws-on economic, legal, and moral grounds-are bad, and provides convincing evidence supporting arguments for their total abolition. Every year, new antitrust prosecutions arise in the U.S. courts, as in the cases against 3M and Visa/MasterCard, as well as a number of ongoing antitrust cases, such as those involving Microsoft and college football's ... Read more

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The Abolition of Antitrust asserts that antitrust laws-on economic, legal, and moral grounds-are bad, and provides convincing evidence supporting arguments for their total abolition. Every year, new antitrust prosecutions arise in the U.S. courts, as in the cases against 3M and Visa/MasterCard, as well as a number of ongoing antitrust cases, such as those involving Microsoft and college football's
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Sanctions in EU Competition Law

Principles and Practice

by Dr Michael Frese ...

Series series Hart Studies in Competition Law
In the early decades of European integration the enforcement of EU competition law was highly centralised. Virtually all enforcement actions under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU were initiated by the European Commission. More recently the enforcement of EU competition law has become less centralised - many would say even decentralised. In 2004, essentially in an effort to increase enforcement capacity ... Read more

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In the early decades of European integration the enforcement of EU competition law was highly centralised. Virtually all enforcement actions under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU were initiated by the European Commission. More recently the enforcement of EU competition law has become less centralised - many would say even decentralised. In 2004, essentially in an effort to increase enforcement capacity
... Read more
Inovações disruptivas e os desafios impostos à regulação e aos reguladores

by Ana Clara Klein Pegorim, Carolina Milani Marchiori Mesquita, Andrea Astorga, Marina Cardoso de freitas ...

O conceito de "destruição criativa" foi apresentado por Schumpeter (1950) e mudou de forma significativa como os economistas consideram os benefícios do processo de concorrência nas economias baseadas na livre empresa. É formado de duas palavras, uma positiva "criativa" e outra negativa "destruição". A parte "positiva" diz respeito ao fato de que empreendedores, usualmente entrantes, inovam ... Read more

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O conceito de "destruição criativa" foi apresentado por Schumpeter (1950) e mudou de forma significativa como os economistas consideram os benefícios do processo de concorrência nas economias baseadas na livre empresa. É formado de duas palavras, uma positiva "criativa" e outra negativa "destruição". A parte "positiva" diz respeito ao fato de que empreendedores, usualmente entrantes, inovam
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Telecommunications Law and Regulation

Edited by Ian Walden ...

Since the last edition of the book was published, there have been a number of important developments in the telecommunications industry, for example the operational separation of BT in the UK, which may prove a model for the rest of Europe in dealing with incumbent operators, and the debate over "network neutrality" in the US, which is dominating the roll-out of the infrastructure ... Read more

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Since the last edition of the book was published, there have been a number of important developments in the telecommunications industry, for example the operational separation of BT in the UK, which may prove a model for the rest of Europe in dealing with incumbent operators, and the debate over "network neutrality" in the US, which is dominating the roll-out of the infrastructure
... Read more
European Union Law of State Aid

by Kelyn Bacon QC ...

This book provides a comprehensive practitioner guide to the EU law of State aid, covering all relevant legislation, case law, and the dominant themes shaping EU State aid policy. It discusses the concept of State aid and its development in the European Union, as well as practical aspects such as procedures for notification to the European Commission, and enforcement in the European Court and ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive practitioner guide to the EU law of State aid, covering all relevant legislation, case law, and the dominant themes shaping EU State aid policy. It discusses the concept of State aid and its development in the European Union, as well as practical aspects such as procedures for notification to the European Commission, and enforcement in the European Court and
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EU Competition and Internal Market Law in the Healthcare Sector

by Leigh Hancher, Wolf Sauter ...

This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discussion of healthcare provision and the medical professions, the book covers health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. There is an examination of the impact of the four freedoms, the cartel and abuse of dominance prohibitions and merger ... Read more

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This work gives an overview of the impact of EU competition rules and internal market law on healthcare systems in Europe. Alongside a thorough discussion of healthcare provision and the medical professions, the book covers health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. There is an examination of the impact of the four freedoms, the cartel and abuse of dominance prohibitions and merger
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The Private Enforcement of Competition Law

by Pedro Caro de Sousa ...

Operating alongside public enforcement, private enforcement deters anticompetitive conduct and compensates the victims of competition law breaches, empowering them to vindicate their rights against companies. Approaches to private competition enforcement differ vastly across jurisdictions, further complicated by a diversity of tort and procedural laws. Given that many anticompetitive practices are ... Read more

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Operating alongside public enforcement, private enforcement deters anticompetitive conduct and compensates the victims of competition law breaches, empowering them to vindicate their rights against companies. Approaches to private competition enforcement differ vastly across jurisdictions, further complicated by a diversity of tort and procedural laws. Given that many anticompetitive practices are
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Concorrência: um olhar contemporâneo sobre condutas unilaterais

Edited by Anna Olimpia, Ricardo Motta ...

A multiplicação de agentes econômicos com poder de mercado, e em especial aqueles que atuam na economia digital e a esta acrescem uma dinâmica e uma complexidade sem precedentes, tem levantado discussões acaloradas entre acadêmicos, profissionais e autoridades concorrenciais ao redor do mundo a respeito dos efeitos de sua atuação sobre o mercado e consumidores. Ao contrário dos clássicos cartéis – ... Read more

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A multiplicação de agentes econômicos com poder de mercado, e em especial aqueles que atuam na economia digital e a esta acrescem uma dinâmica e uma complexidade sem precedentes, tem levantado discussões acaloradas entre acadêmicos, profissionais e autoridades concorrenciais ao redor do mundo a respeito dos efeitos de sua atuação sobre o mercado e consumidores. Ao contrário dos clássicos cartéis –
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Etica e Fair Play: nella Formazione della Prova Orale, nel Processo Penale

by Domenico Carponi Schittar ...

Ogni meccanismo, per funzionare adeguatamente, esige un armonico contributo da parte di tutti i suoi ingranaggi.Altrimenti si “grippa”.Il processo penale non è da meno.Anzi – dipendendo dal suo funzionamento da un lato la tutela del bene libertà individuale, dall'altro la tutela della società - l’esigenza quanto al fatto che quel contributo sia massimo è di grado superiore a quella che può ... Read more

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Ogni meccanismo, per funzionare adeguatamente, esige un armonico contributo da parte di tutti i suoi ingranaggi.Altrimenti si “grippa”.Il processo penale non è da meno.Anzi – dipendendo dal suo funzionamento da un lato la tutela del bene libertà individuale, dall'altro la tutela della società - l’esigenza quanto al fatto che quel contributo sia massimo è di grado superiore a quella che può
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