Microsoft’s Internet Explorer And Antitrust – OpEd
United States v. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001) was the first major antitrust case of the digital age. At its conclusion, Judge
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Author: William F. Shughart II
William F. Shughart II is Research Director and Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, and past President of the Southern Economic Association. A former economist at the Federal Trade Commission, Professor Shughart received his Ph.D. in economics from Texas A & M University, and he has taught at George Mason University, Clemson University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Arizona.
Website: http://www.independent.org
Articles by William F. Shughart II :
Noncompete Contract Clauses Are Agreed-Upon Voluntarily – OpEd
Eighteen percent of U.S. workers are bound by noncompete clauses in their employment contracts, according to a story by Dave Michaels and
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Mass Shootings And Gun Violence: Why Buffalo? Why Uvalde? – OpEd
When I get to criminal law at the end of the semester, I ask my law & economics students, “why
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Inflation Not Caused By Rising Wages – OpEd
Rising wages do not cause inflation (“Raises for Job Switchers Heighten Inflation Risk”, Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2022, p. A1). Instead,
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America Needs Proactive Energy Solutions, Not False Allegations – OpEd
Political grandstanding against “Big Oil” continues to grab headlines as the House Energy and Commerce Committee called on oil and
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President Biden’s Ham-Handed Misuse Of Antitrust Law – OpEd
As the U.S. inflation rate ramps up, obvious to many people at the grocery store and the gasoline pump, President
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Biden, Not ‘Big Oil’, Is To Blame For Energy Price Spikes – OpEd
“President Calls for Inquiry into the Price of Gas” reads a frontpage headline in November 18’s Wall Street Journal. President Biden
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US Manufacturers Seek To Ban Imported Mattresses During Pandemic – OpEd
On March 31, in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, American mattress manufacturers and labor unions, claiming “dumping,” petitioned to impose
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What Bezos, Cook, Pinchai And Zuckerberg Should Have Told Congress About Antitrust Hysteria – OpEd
Wednesday, July 29, witnessed the virtual browbeating (via video conference) of the CEOs of four of America’s top companies, Amazon,
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If Federal Waste Must Increase, Federal Land Holdings Must Decrease – OpEd
Earlier this month, Lawrence Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council and top Trump administration adviser, floated a proposal for
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