Random Walk Down The Blogosphere
An all blog edition:
- The Google Copyright Blog on KinderStart.com’s antitrust lawsuit against Google: “Is it really anticompetitive for Google to disapprove of another search engine that engages in shady business like this by removing it from the Google listings? Isn’t Google the dominant search engine because it has been successful in filtering out the bad websites while leading us to the best?”
- The Mises Economics Blog on U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney of Indianapolis not imposing the maximum fine in sentencing Builders & Concrete Supply because the maximum fine would just be passed along to its customers: “Now, the stated purpose of the antitrust laws is to protect consumers, particularly from short-term price increases. That was the reason Builder’s was prosecuted in the first place—they talked to their competitors about prices. So how does fining Builder’s a punitive amount and passing the costs along to consumers in the form of higher short-term prices protect competition? It doesn’t. Furthermore, impairing Builder’s ability to buy trucks and invest in its business doesn’t help consumers at all.”
- My Shingle on who is paying the ABA’s antitrust fine: “I guess if ABA dues go up next year, we’ll know why. Seriously, who pays when the ABA gets itself into this type of a mess?”
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