And now every government dept should, belatedly, follow.

In a recent essay, Solomon Center affiliated faculty @proffionasm.bsky.social and her co-author examine how the FTC’s settlement with major pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts may impact prescription drug costs and future antitrust enforcement in the sector. www.promarket.org/2026/05/22/t...

Great arguments explaining why the court got the wrong answer in the antitrust case against Meta.

🏢 How to secure the benefits of an EU-wide incorporation regime 🔍 @proffionasm.bsky.social and Reinhilde Veugelers analyse which elements of the proposal should be reinforced, and where improvements can be made. 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/oJ0tfVF #EconSky

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Actually, Canada can annex all blue states and would be the most powerful country in the world. To join, US states need to agree to strict gun laws and universal healthcare.

Colorado doesn't need a governor beholden to out-of-state billionaires; it needs a governor who will fight for Coloradans. @philforcolorado.bsky.social

The US is an unreliable and deceitful ally now, and is doing its best to help Putin’s dictatorship commit unspeakable war crimes against a European democracy. It is a good thing if the US pulls out of Europe and stops pretending.

ALWAYS true. One of the great mysteries of American culture. How are they fooled every time? Or do they knowingly vote for a party that will harm them?

This is important!

OMG! I was born and raised in the south. I literally grew up calling a toilet a "commode". So "Taking a trump" or "I need to go sit on the trump" or exclaiming "Oh, TRUMP!!!" is fine with me. You know . . . trump happens.

The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.

Some reasons to be cheerful: -Trump's plummeting poll numbers; - Europe coalescing in response to Trump; -state AG's stoutly enforcing the law as fed law enforcement institutions buckle; -promising local news efforts as many legacy newspapers wither; -lower fed courts holding the line.

Germany insisted on delaying phase out of combustion engine. Iran war caused energy shock, et voilà: BYD was one of the fastest-growing brands in Germany in Q1, with a 135% rise in purchase queries for the Chinese EV heavyweight during that period. www.reuters.com/busi...

The pundit class hasn't awakened to the fact that Phil Weiser is likely to upset Michael Bennet in the CO Governor's race. Phil's a principled fighter and a good listener; Bennet has offered no reason for costing the state the benefits of his 17 years of Senate seniority.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has decided to push for a so-called pied-à-terre tax aimed at the ultrawealthy who primarily live outside New York City. She's set to propose a yearly tax surcharge on second homes in the city that are worth $5 million or more. nyti.ms/4ensGja

We rely on the state attorneys general and their ability to enforce our laws as never before. And they are rising to the occasion!

JD Vance has the opportunity for a v lucrative new venture: sell his services to the highest bidder to campaign for their opposition in any given election.

X this evening vs Bsky this evening

Magyar now polling third in the Iowa caucus.

From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

My first law review article, co-authored with @proffionasm.bsky.social, is forthcoming in UC Irvine Law Review: "State-Action Immunity for Climate Collaborations." We offer a novel solution to the antitrust problem posed by genuine private-sector climate collaborations. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

imagine if i happened to be a trillionaire and bought twitter and 80% of the stuff on the site was just about big pants. you couldn't escape it. just an endless deluge of big pants propaganda

👂 Listen to our latest podcast 'What the heck is a 28th Regime?' 🗣️ Tobias Tröger in conversation with host @rebeccawire.bsky.social, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Reinhilde Veugelers. 🔗 buff.ly/EtnGmTM

House Republicans are blocking a unanimous(!) agreement by the Senate to pay TSA, Coast Guard, and other essential employees There is zero question which party is creating chaos at the airports. It's the Republicans www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Trump wants you to believe he’s more powerful than he is - and that you have less power than you do. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will gather to remind one another where power actually resides in this democracy: with us, the people.

❓️ What the heck is a 28th Regime? 🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social speaks about the European Union’s innovation hopes with @proffionasm.bsky.social, Reinhilde Veugelers & Tobias Tröger. 🔗 buff.ly/EtnGmTM

Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr is a disgrace. The Trump Administration is walking away from its responsibility to protect consumers and competitive markets — putting corporate profits ahead of working families. California is stepping up to fill that void.

This is a great site doing important work. They make me proud to be a supporter.

why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?

Senate Subcommittee on Investigations released a report this afternoon on Ticketmaster pricing: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Now this is interesting. Will the US now keep supporting Russia against Ukraine?

We renamed it “Regime 0” to help with pronunciation!

Ossoff’s statement is 1000x stronger than Schumer-Jeffries. This is a moderate Jewish Senator from a Trump state. The split isn’t moderate vs progressive, but leading vs poll-reacting

The Fed Cir held in Global Tubing v. Tenaris, 2026 WL 530911 (Feb 26, 2026) that a firm claimed to have a 26% market share could be guilty of attempted monopolization by intentionally withholding material documents in its patent application. Things are changing at the Fed. Cir.

About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Great thread about how hard it is for independent agents to interoperate without a center.

💾 Europe needs a regulated market for personal data Can a middle ground be reached between inflexible restrictions on data sharing and unchecked exploitation of user data? 💡 Read the First Glance by @proffionasm.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/AMCWOPb #EconSky

🤳 Europeans should be allowed to trade personal data 💡Is it time to consider that neither unfettered access to user data or effective data sharing bans offer the best value to consumers? 🔍 By Paul Heidhues, Nick J., Giorgio Monti and @proffionasm.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/zMwEQFS

Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort

Re: Slater’s departure from ATR. Look at this Ticketmaster stock chart

Retrouvez les interventions de la soirée @cnrs.fr @iscpif.bsky.social "Résilience numérique européenne et géopolitique en 2026" du #20Janvier sur iscpif.fr/20janvier2026 Avec @aurorelalucq.bsky.social , le Juge Guillou, @robin.berjon.com, Sydney Wheeler, @proffionasm.bsky.social, Anne Bellon, ...

The call for abstracts for the 2026 Highland Health Economics Symposium is out - see details below. Abstract deadline is March 15. This invitational conference emphasizes bringing junior and senior people together and promotes fun along the way. Hope to see you there! tinyurl.com/HHES2026-Inv...

President Trump has made $4 billion by illegally trading access to the White House to get rich. He controls the Dept of Justice and the Congress so he won't be held accountable - until he doesn't control the Dept of Justice and Congress.

In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is... www.ft.com/content/a23c...