Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast
In today’s dynamic, high-tech economy, antitrust law is at an inflection point—but what does that mean, and what comes next? Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast, hosted by Joseph Van Coniglio, director of ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, features wide-ranging conversations with leading voices in competition policy. Each episode explores pressing antitrust issues shaping the modern economy alongside broader intellectual themes, blending rigorous analysis with guests’ personal experiences and perspectives.
Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast
Latest Episodes
Steve Salop on Post-Chicago Antitrust, Raising Rivals’ Costs, and Modern Economic Analysis
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 ineq...
Debate With Joel Thayer: Would AICOA Help or Hurt Innovation and Consumer Choice?
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 ...
Joe Sims on HSR at 50, Dealmaking, and the Future of the FTC
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...
Robert H. Bork Jr. on Trump-Era Antitrust, Consumer Welfare, and the Rise of “Conservative Socialism”
Joseph V. Coniglio hosts Robert H. Bork Jr., president of the Antitrust Education Project, to discuss his book The New Paradox: Antitrust and the Threat of Conservative Socialism. They cover what’s happening now in antitrust policy, Tr...
Tim Muris & Bruce Kobayashi on ‘Zombie Antitrust,’ Price Discrimination, and Robinson-Patman
Joseph V. Coniglio hosts two guests, Tim Muris, Foundation Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, and Bruce Kobayashi, Paige V. and Henry N. Butler Chair in Law and Economics at Antonin Scalia Law School, to discuss the Robinson-Patman ...