Joseph V. Coniglio talks with Georgetown emeritus professor Steven C. Salop about the rise of strategic oligopoly models, the evolving lawyer–economist relationship, and debates over consumer welfare versus broader goals like democracy and inequality.

Publications Mentioned

• Salop, Steven C. "Monopolistic Competition with Outside Goods." The Bell Journal of Economics 10, no. 1 (1979): 141–156.
• Salop, Steven C., ed. Strategy, Predation, and Antitrust Analysis. Washington, DC: Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, Bureau of Competition, 1981.
• Salop, Steven C., and David T. Scheffman. "Raising Rivals' Costs." The American Economic Review 73, no. 2 (1983): 267–271.
• Baker, Jonathan B., and Steven C. Salop. "Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Inequality." Georgetown Law Journal Online 104 (2015): 1–28.
• Salop, Steven C. Modern Economic Analysis: An Antitrust Law Guide. Washington, DC: Steven C. Salop, 2024.

Cases Mentioned

• United States v. Aluminum Co. of America, 148 F.2d 416 (2d Cir. 1945).
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington, 381 U.S. 657 (1965).
• Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 509 U.S. 209 (1993).
• United States v. United States Steel Corp., 251 U.S. 417 (1920).

This episode of the Creative Discussion podcast features a recent debate between ITIF's Joseph V. Coniglio and Joel Thayer of the Digital Progress Institute on the question of whether the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would help or hurt innovation and consumer choice. The debate was moderated by veteran tech journalist Nancy Scola and is re-aired here with no substantive edits. Watch the live recording here.

Cases Mentioned

• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank, 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan, 506 U.S. 447 (1993)
• United States v. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001)
• Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc., 67 F.4th 946 (9th Cir. 2023)
• United States v. Google LLC, No. 1:20-cv-03010 (D.D.C. Aug. 5, 2024)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-03590 (D.D.C.))

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts retired Jones Day partner and former DOJ Antitrust Division leader Joe Sims, who recounts how he discovered antitrust in law school, explains the origins and impact of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and forecasts diminished FTC antitrust authority.

Cases Mentioned

• Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935)