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As a companion to our earlier report Roaring Twenties or Digital Depression? Unintended Consequences of Antitrust Activism on the U.S. Small Business Economy, we conducted an email question-and-answer session with Prof. Scott...

Since the election of President Biden, a broader, even radical, view of private markets competition commonly called “Populist Antitrust” (also “Hipster Antitrust” or the “New Brandeis movement”), which seeks to overhaul U.S....

As a companion to our earlier report Roaring Twenties or Digital Depression? Unintended Consequences of Antitrust Activism on the U.S. Small Business Economy, we conducted an email question-and-answer session with Prof. David...

Popular third-party food delivery platforms such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub have been “lifelines” for restaurants during the hardest parts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as in-person dining was restricted and people...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation for businesses both large and small. This was especially true of the millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that make up America’s “Main Street economy.”...

As the European Commission is considering the Digital Markets Act (DMA) Catalyst Research convened a panel of experts with deep understandings of the European economy, small businesses, technology and innovation, and public...

While the short-term effects of the pandemic are receding, small businesses will continue to experience the aftershocks of a recession for some time. This memo calls attention to a segment of the...

If PPP closes on May 31st as scheduled, or likely even sooner as funds are running low, these small business owners risk being permanently left on the sidelines without the assistance they...

We define a set of what are becoming common terms in discussions of the data-driven world that frequently intersect the world of lawmakers and other policy stakeholders.