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Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy

The Schumpeterian perspective represents a new intellectual framework for antitrust reforms that focus less on competition for competition's sake and more on enabling firm dynamic capabilities to power productivity, innovation and global competitiveness. The Schumpeter Project’s mission is to advance dynamic competition policy with boosting firm dynamic capabilities as a central concern for antitrust enforcement. (Read more.)

Featured Publications

Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee Regarding Artificial Intelligence Trends in Innovation and Competition

AI provides no reason at this time for either heavy-handed enforcement of our antitrust laws or fundamental changes to them. The right approach is to maintain antitrust law’s traditional focus on promoting competition and innovation by proscribing collusive and exclusionary anticompetitive conduct.

No, Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act Will Not Lead to More Competition or a Better Economy

No, Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act Will Not Lead to More Competition or a Better Economy

Neo-Brandeisians aim to reinvigorate the Robinson-Patman Act to protect small businesses. But the act doesn’t address any anticompetitive conduct that isn’t already covered by the Sherman Act, and enforcing it will only harm consumers and limit growth. Rather than repeat history’s mistakes, the next Congress should repeal the act once and for all.

Comments to Japan’s Fair Trade Commission Regarding the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act

Comments to Japan’s Fair Trade Commission Regarding the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act

The SSCP’s broad per se prohibitions and limited cybersecurity exemption are likely to chill the very innovative behavior that is key to allowing Japan’s smartphone markets to thrive, and risk targeting a leading firm of one of its closest allies.

The Case for Cracking Down on Large Corporations and Promoting Small Businesses Is Deeply Flawed

The Case for Cracking Down on Large Corporations and Promoting Small Businesses Is Deeply Flawed

A Democratic staff report from the House Small Business Committee claims that small businesses are better for the economy and large firms are harming it. But most of the report’s assertions stem from flawed research, and its policy recommendations would be detrimental.

Corporate Concentration Is Good for Productivity and Wages

Corporate Concentration Is Good for Productivity and Wages

Despite claims by anticorporate neo-Brandeisians, corporate concentration appears positively correlated with higher productivity and wages. So, the push to break up large companies is antiworker and anti-middle class.

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Events

May 19, 2025|Register Now

The DOJ v. Google Ad Tech Decision: Did the Court Get It Right?

Please join ITIF for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss this important decision, its implications for the ad tech space, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ escalate.

April 16, 2025

The DMA’s Annual Review: A Global Perspective on Digital Competition Regulation

Watch the virtual discussion featuring experts from diverse regulatory landscapes unpack the DMA’s real-world impact, analyze global trends in digital regulation, and evaluate whether ex-ante rules are the right path forward for competition.

April 10, 2025

The DOJ v. Google Saga Continues: What’s at Stake in the Search Remedies Trial?

Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who will discussed the key issues going to trial, the implications for Google and the future of search, and what the case means for U.S. antitrust law and the broader “big tech” debate.

March 4, 2025

Competition Policy in the Trump Administration: The Future of Conservative Antitrust and the FTC

Watch the webinar event where panlists discussed how antitrust enforcement might change with the new administration, whether the Trump enforcers will carry forward any of the neo-Brandeisian policies, and what the future may have in store for the FTC.

November 13, 2024

Korea’s Digital Market: Domestic Regulation and Global Impacts

Watch now for an expert panel discussion on how South Korea’s regulatory choices will shape its future as a global tech leader, and what the broader implications will be for its strategic positioning in the U.S.-China rivalry.

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Giorgio Castiglia
Giorgio Castiglia

Economic Policy Analyst

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Joseph V. Coniglio
Joseph V. Coniglio

Director, Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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Hadi Houalla
Hadi Houalla

Research Assistant

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Lilla Nóra Kiss
Lilla Nóra Kiss

Senior Policy Analyst

Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy

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Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion

Professor

College de France, LSE, & INSEAD

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Christopher G. Caine
Christopher G. Caine

President

The Center for Global Enterprise

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Richard Gilbert
Richard Gilbert

Professor Emeritus

UC Berkeley

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David Kappos
David Kappos

Partner

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

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Maureen Ohlhausen
Maureen Ohlhausen

Partner; Former Acting Chairman

Wilson Sonsini; FTC

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David Teece
David Teece

Executive Chairman

Berkeley Research Group

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More From the Center

April 24, 2025|News Clips

What's at Stake in Meta's Antitrust Trial?

CBSNews interviewed Joe Coniglio on the impact of Meta being accused of breaking competition law with its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp. This interview was widely syndicated by the CBS family of networks and stations.

April 24, 2025|News Clips

FTC Has a Tough Road Ahead to Prove Consumer Harm and Undo Meta Acquisitions

The Washington Examiner quoted Joe Coniglio arguing against the FCC anticompetitive accusations against Meta.

April 23, 2025|News Clips

Europe Hits Meta, Apple With $790M in Antitrust Fines

Yahoo! Finance cited Joe Coniglio’s statement criticizing the EU’s fining of Apple and Meta.

April 14, 2025|Blogs

Antitrust and AI: Key Takeaways From My Congressional Testimony

How I learned to stop worrying and love the AI revolution.

April 11, 2025|Testimonies & Filings

Comments Before the Malaysia Competition Commission Regarding Assessment of Malaysia’s Digital Markets

While the Interim Report of the Market Review on the Digital Economy Ecosystem under the Competition Act 2010 reflects a valuable step toward understanding market trends, it does not present clear evidence of systemic market failure that would warrant prescriptive regulatory intervention.

April 8, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles

Big Tech Antitrust: Postelection Edition

While U.S. antitrust enforcement is likely to shift under a second Trump administration, ongoing cases against Big Tech are expected to continue. Rather than doubling down on neo-Brandeisian antitrust, the Trump administration should use evidence-based policymaking that recognizes how firms evolve in response to incentives and market dynamics.

March 31, 2025|Reports & Briefings

A Policymaker’s Guide to Digital Antitrust Regulation

Rather than adopt the European Union’s model for regulating competition, policymakers considering how to govern digital markets should carefully evaluate whether digital antitrust regulation is justified and consider whether concerns about anticompetitive behavior can be addressed with less intrusive and more cost-effective tools.

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