Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast
Creative Discussion Podcast: Greg Werden on the DOJ, Merger Guidelines and the Evolving Role of Economists
Mar 17, 2026
Episode 3
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Joseph V. Coniglio hosts the third episode of a new antitrust speaker series and interviews longtime antitrust scholar and retired DOJ economist Greg Werden. They discuss Werden’s path from chemistry to economics and his four-decade career at DOJ, discussing both constants and changes in antitrust enforcement.
Publications Mentioned
- Werden, Gregory J. The Foundations of Antitrust. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.
- Werden, Gregory J. “The Competitive Process Standard.” Antitrust Law Journal (2024).
- Areeda, Phillip E., and Herbert Hovenkamp. Antitrust Law: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978–.
- Bork, Robert H. The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself. New York: Basic Books, 1978.
Cases Mentioned
- United States v. Microsoft Corp.
- United States v. IBM Corp.
- United States v. AT&T Co.
- United States v. Philadelphia National Bank
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
- Chicago Board of Trade v. United States