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Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College

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Looking Backward: From 5G to the Telegraph

December 1, 2021 By Zorina Khan

The advent of 5G cellular technology has induced imaginative speculations about spectacular virtual universes, Humans 3.5 artificial intelligence, and an Internet of Things that will trigger “smart houses” and even smarter cities.  What lessons can earlier telecommunications inventions offer? The focus here is on five issues regarding 5G: the social savings from new innovations; business to business (B2B) relative to consumer markets; private sector versus government-led initiatives; net neutrality; and the right to privacy.

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Filed Under: Antitrustworthy, Economics of/for The Common Good, Life on the Margin, Of Patents and Prizes Tagged With: antitrust, China, innovation, intellectual property, patents, technology

Who’s Afraid of Standard Oil?

July 31, 2021 By Zorina Khan

The breakup of  Standard Oil Company in 1911 continues to be wielded as a bludgeon to threaten successful firms, and as a banner to encourage populists in their forays against free markets.  Consider the recent Executive Order on Competition: When past presidents faced similar threats from growing corporate power, they took bold action. In the […]

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