Some commentators claim that competition law hampers industry’s efforts to improve sustainability and that it should be relaxed even if … Continue reading “Why competition is not the enemy of sustainability”

Before Intel was fined €1.06 billion in 2009, Microsoft had long held the dubious honour of being the corporation subject … Continue reading “Antitrust as industrial policy: lessons from the Intel case”

This is the first of two blog posts that summarise some of the discussion that took place at an IEA … Continue reading “Austrian thoughts on competition policy”

In my recent article on monopolization cases under Article 82 of the European Union treaty, I criticized Neelie Kroes and … Continue reading “Monopolization gone haywire”

The newspapers have been full of reports recently about the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer summoning senior … Continue reading “Does competition law really do much good?”

How radical will the new Lord Mandelson be in seeking to reinvigorate the ‘New Labour’ brand? With the regulatory levers … Continue reading “Mandelson should refer NHS monopolies to the Office of Fair Trading”

Competition law (which travels under the name antitrust in the United States) rests on the proposition that the most efficient … Continue reading “The dark side of European competition law”