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The Capitol Forum

The Capitol Forum

Power in Washington isn"t announced — it"s revealed. The Capitol Forum brings you inside the policy discussions and corporate investigations that move markets and shape American life. Listen to Second Request with Teddy Downey for sharp, unfiltered analysis of antitrust policy in America. Then stay for TCF Investigates with Arjun Singh, a narrative documentary series bringing listeners inside the reporting, sources, and regulatory developments shaping markets and corporate strategy.

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00:28:32

Microsoft/Activision with Xbox CEO Phil Spencer

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/12/06

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer discusses competition in the video game market.

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00:33:55

Fixing "Litigating the Fix" with Professor Steve Salop

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/11/29

Steven Salop is a Professor of Economics and Law (Emeritus) at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, where he teaches antitrust law and economics. His research and consulting focuses on antitrust, competition and regulation. He has written numerous articles in various areas of antitrust and competition which take a modern “Post-Chicago” approach. He recently co-wrote a paper with Jennifer E. Sturiale laying out a proposal for how antitrust enforcers and courts can fix "Litigating

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00:26:41

The Hidden Monopoly Driving Up Rents

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/10/27

Heather Vogell is a Propublica journalist currently investigating the  rental housing market. Her recent article, “Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why,” has resonated with citizens, antitrust enforcers, and policymakers across the country.

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00:28:08

Taking on Monopoly Power in Search with Neeva CEO...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/10/20

Neeva is an ads-free search engine that Sridhar co-founded after overseeing advertising at Google. We discuss big tech, competition policy, and how his views on data have shifted since creating Neeva.

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00:33:28

A Hidden Monopoly in Appalachia Driving Up Energy Prices

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/09/23

Daniel Sherwood, Energy Team Editor at the Capitol Forum, and his colleague Sharon Kelly discuss their investigation into the Natural Gas Liquids market, where they found indications that dominant producers in Appalachia are encouraging each other to keep prices high by producing less.

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00:51:16

CVS and Signify: Value-Based Care or Risk Score Gaming?

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/09/16

Lisa Epstein and Vikas Kumar discuss the aggressive marketing tactics and sales strategies of Signify Health on the eve of its acquisition by CVS.

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00:34:31

Dr. Cristina Caffarra on the State of Europe’s...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/08/04

Dr. Caffarra dives into the latest in European antitrust regulation and enforcement and voices concerns about the influence of economists on competition.

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00:40:54

The Weak Argument Jeopardizing Tech Antitrust...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/07/07

Gilad Edelman is a senior writer for WIRED, covering the intersection of tech, politics, and law. Before that, he was executive editor of the Washington Monthly. He has a degree from Yale Law School. His recent article, “The Weak Argument Jeopardizing Tech Antitrust Legislation” is having an outsized impact on the conversation happening on Capitol Hill.

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00:33:59

Beat Inflation by Tackling Market Power and Supply...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/06/30

Niko Lusiani is the co-author of the Roosevelt Institute’s recently published paper, “Prices, Profits, and Power: An Analysis of 2021 Firm-Level Markups. How to understand and respond to inflation has become one of the central debates of this economic recovery. In “Prices, Profits, and Power: An Analysis of 2021 Firm-Level Markups,” Roosevelt’s Director of Macroeconomic Analysis, Mike Konczal, and Director of Corporate Power Niko Lusiani, conduct original research to show that we need an

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00:24:23

Bust Up Pharmaceutical Middlemen, Says Representative...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/06/23

U.S. Representative Buddy Carter discusses the monopoly problems that PBMs present and what the FTC and Congress can do to stop it.

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00:36:25

The Baby Formula Monopoly with Moe Tkacik

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/06/16

Moe Tkacik discusses the supply chain crisis behind the Baby Formula shortage and possible solutions to the problem.

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00:42:22

Solving Data-opoly Problems with Maurice Stucke

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/05/19

Maurice Stucke is the Douglas A. Blaze Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee and recently wrote Breaking Away: How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy. Breaking Away sounds a warning call alerting readers that their privacy and autonomy concerns are indeed warranted, and the remedies deserve far greater attention than they have received from our leading policymakers and experts to date. Through the various prisms of economic theory, market data, policy,

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00:25:28

Stop Bank Mergers to Help Rural America, Says Basel...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/05/12

His recent report, “To Stem the Tide of Rural Decline, Stop the Bank Merger Wave” is making its own waves in the antitrust community as regulators look to revamp the banking merger guidelines. Basel shares with us how big the merger wave has been since the 1980s, why it happened, the effect it’s had on farmers, entrepreneurs, and rural communities, and his solution for fixing the problem.

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00:33:58

Private Equity is Killing the American Economy, with...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/04/28

Josh Kosman has been covering the financial industry for twenty-five years. He is a reporter for the New York Post, a former editor at Mergermarket.com and a former senior writer for The Deal and Buyouts Newsletter. Josh also literally wrote the book on private equity – his The Buyout of America: How Private Equity is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy, published in 2009, made a big political impact at the time, with Obama advisor David Axelrod reportedly using it as the basis for

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00:45:34

Antitrust Super Influencers with Baron Public Affairs

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/04/21

Baron Public Affairs recently issued a report naming the top 10 antitrust super influencers, and they share their findings in this episode.

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00:45:43

Block the Spirit/Frontier Airlines Merger Argues...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/03/31

Shahid Naeem calls for the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation to block the merger between Spirit and Frontier Airlines.

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00:46:29

Fixing Pharma With Tahir Amin

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/03/17

Tahir Amin is an attorney with more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property law and the co-founder of I-Mak, which seeks to build a more just and equitable medicine system for all via patent reform.

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00:40:50

Big Tech Litigation Outlook, with Jason Kint

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/03/10

Jason tells us what he’s focused on in the tech platform battles in the courts, and what we can expect to see going forward.

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00:48:06

Amazon Vs. The U.S. Postal Service, a Ted Tatos Talk

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/03/03

In the conversation, we get into a lot of different aspects of Amazon’s ongoing effort to dominate the postal service.

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00:37:58

Matthew Buck Explains How America’s Supply Chains Got...

The Capitol Forum ·

2022/02/17

Matthew Buck Explains How America’s Supply Chains Got Railroaded

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