Forty Years of thought provocation

Wetmachine friend Matthew Saroff has had a string of great (if depressing) blog posts recently. This one on the truly horrifying statistics on (non) job creation over the last decade & how they relate to monopolization and the nature of the corporation is particularly compelling.

7 Reasons Why The AT&T/TW Trial Matters So Much The Future of Antitrust (+1 for Appeal). by Harold March 19, 2018 Starting this week, AT&T and Time Warner get their day in court to prove that their proposed merger does not violate the anti-trust laws. I…
The DOJ’s Case Against AT&T Is Stronger Than You Think — Again. by Harold November 9, 2017 I want to start by applauding Randal Stephenson for coming out quickly and denying the rumors that DoJ asked them to sell CNN as the…
My Insanely Long Field Guide To Common Carriage, Public Utility, Public Forum — And Why The Differences Matter. by Harold September 5, 2017 Once upon a time, social conservatives used to be major allies on both limiting media consolidation and on net neutrality. Why? Because they recognized that…
Ninth Circuit Knee-Caps Federal Trade Commission. Or: “You Know Nothing, Josh Wright.” by Harold August 31, 2016 Back in October 2014, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reclassified as Title II, both the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought complaints…
So What The Heck *IS* A Digital Platform? by Harold July 18, 2018 This is the second blog in a series on regulating digital platforms. A (less snaky) version first appeared on the blog of my employer, Public…
We Need To Fix News Media, Not Just Social Media — Part II by Harold October 29, 2018 This is part of a continuing series of mine on platform regulation published by my employer, Public Knowledge. You can find the whole series here.…

Forty Years of thought provocation

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