Carl Shapiro and Josh Wright Debate Antitrust and Competition Policy

Carl Shapiro is Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley. He's also the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy Emeritus at the Haas School of Business. Carl was a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors during 2011-12. And prior to that, he was Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics at the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, a position he also held during 1995-96. Josh Wright is a university professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he's also Executive Director of the Global Antitrust Institute and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Economics. He was a Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission from 2013 to 2015. We're here to discuss antitrust and competition policy. During the last few years, antitrust has become a very hot topic. Moving from the confines of technical conferences, ABA conferences, economic conferences, to the front pages.