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Busting Big Business: Antitrust Comes for Google and Big Sandwich

Joe Selvaggi talks with Dr. Brian Albrecht, an economists with the International Center for Law and Economics. They separate fact from fiction when it comes to the public's and politicians’ concerns over allegedly anti-consumer practices of big business and discuss when antitrust action by the federal government is justified. Guest: Brian Albrecht is Chief Economist of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), which he joined in February 2022. In his role, he is responsible for the application and integration of theoretical and empirical economic methodologies into ICLE’s research. He is also an assistant professor of economics in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University, where he has taught since 2020. Brian’s research focuses on price theory, information economics, competition and innovation, and political economy. He has published in both academic journals, such as Contemporary Economic Policy, Public Choice, PLoS ONE, Journal of Macroeconomics, and the Journal of Economic Methodology, as well as popular media like the Boston Globe, Star Tribune, The Hill, and City Journal. Brian also writes the Economic Forces newsletter for Substack. He earned his PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2020. He previously earned his MA in economics, also from the University of Minnesota, and an MSc in economics of public policy from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics and political science from St. Olaf College.
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Joe Selvaggi