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Who should answer for a scam ad: the scammer, the company that sold the ad space, or the company whose software tracks the results? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to hold online platforms liable, but its definition of “platform” leaves the answer murky. It could reach beyond Google and Meta to Walmart, Uber, and … The FTC’s Case of Mistaken Identity: Scammers, Platforms, and Everyone in Between
Brazil’s president has complaints about how digital platforms handled the election he just won. His administration’s proposed remedy? Give the competition regulator more power. The missing step is explaining what one has to do with the other. The legislative timing is easier to explain. Brazil’s 2026 elections gave President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a … Lula’s Antitrust Non Sequitur: Election Complaints Don’t Make a Competition Case
Judge Richard Posner died this week. Few scholars have left such a mark on both law and economics. As Alex Tabarrok put it, he was “the only person ever to deserve a Nobel prize and a seat on the Supreme Court.” Most writing about him will—and should—focus on his contributions to legal scholarship. He was … Remembering Richard Posner’s Economy of Explanation
