The nation’s current antitrust laws have historical regulatory and enforcement precedents. Recent congressional hearings featuring Big Tech companies have begun to question whether existing laws are adaptable to current corporate behaviors and provide sufficient policing of deceptive or anti-competitive practices. In this episode of TechTank, host Nicol Turner Lee discusses the Biden administration’s potential approach to antitrust and competition policies, particularly those affecting Big Tech, with Brookings Fellows Bill Baer and Tom Wheeler, and MIT Professor Nancy Rose.
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TechTank Podcast Episode 18: What to expect from the Biden administration on antitrust regulation and Big Tech
Nicol Turner Lee,
Nicol Turner Lee
Senior Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Director
- Center for Technology Innovation
@drturnerlee
Bill Baer,
Bill Baer
Visiting Fellow
- Governance Studies,
Former Director of the Bureau of Competition
- Federal Trade Commission,
Former Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division
- U.S. Department of Justice
@billbaer50
Tom Wheeler, and
Tom Wheeler
Visiting Fellow
- Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation
@tewheels
Nancy L. Rose
Nancy L. Rose
Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 3, 2021