Tag Archives: competition

Competition Challenges in the Digital Economy

From Brookings (with Nirav Patel): Slow productivity growth and rising income inequality have shaped the world economy in a time of rapid technological change. A variety of explanations have emerged to help us understand these related trends, but one overarching theme is the decline in competition. The combination of increasingly concentrated markets, rising market power of large firms, and […]

What are the effects of monopolies?

My answer on Quora: In general, monopolies are bad for consumers (higher prices and less choice), bad for workers (potentially lower wages) and suppliers, and bad for overall economic growth (less investment). These results arise when a monopoly does everything it can to solidify its monopoly power so that it keeps all the profits in […]