America Is a Cartel Paradise. For Real Competition You Have To Be in the EU

America Is a Cartel Paradise. For Real Competition You Have To Be in the EU

Margrethe Vestager is without a doubt the most popular European commissioner at the moment. The Dane heads the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. She adjudicates on issues of market power, cartels and unfair competition. With a snap of her...
It Will Get Ugly if the U.S. Comes To View Google as a National Interest

It Will Get Ugly if the U.S. Comes To View Google as a National Interest

The €4.3 billion (approximately $5.1 billion) fine that the European Commission imposed on Google last week seems like an enormous sum of money. The penalty relates to Google’s alleged abuse of power in the mobile phone market. Some 85 percent of mobile devices...