Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast

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In today’s dynamic, high-tech economy, antitrust law is at an inflection point—but what does that mean, and what comes next? Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast , hosted by Joseph Van Coniglio, director of ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, features wide-ranging conversations with leading voices in competition policy. Each episode explores pressing antitrust issues shaping the modern economy alongside broader intellectual themes, blending rigorous analysis with guests’ personal experiences and perspectives.

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Episodes

Robert H. Bork Jr. on Trump-Era Antitrust, Consumer Welfare, and the Rise of “Conservative Socialism” 16.06.2026 37:48

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts Robert H. Bork Jr., president of the Antitrust Education Project, to discuss his book The New Paradox: Antitrust and the Threat of Conservative Socialism . They cover what’s happening now in antitrust policy, Trump-era antitrust continuity, and why antitrust is the wrong tool for speech issues. Publications Mentioned Bork, Robert H., Jr. The New Paradox: Antitrust and the...

Tim Muris & Bruce Kobayashi on ‘Zombie Antitrust,’ Price Discrimination, and Robinson-Patman 19.05.2026 33:59

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts two guests, Tim Muris, Foundation Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, and Bruce Kobayashi, Paige V. and Henry N. Butler Chair in Law and Economics at Antonin Scalia Law School, to discuss the Robinson-Patman Act and its renewed enforcement. Publications Mentioned Bruce Kobayashi and Timothy J. Muris. " Stop Making Sense: Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act and...

From the 2026 Antitrust Spring Meeting: Jonathan Barnett on How Competition Enforcers Are Undermining Competition 14.04.2026 32:38

Joseph V. Coniglio joins guest Jonathan Barnett, Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law, at the 2026 Antitrust Spring Meeting. They discuss Barnett’s new ITIF report, Europe’s innovation gap, and China’s mercantilist use of competition law. Publications Mentioned Barnett, Jonathan M. The Big Steal: Ideology, Interest, and the Undoing of Intellectual Property . Oxford: Oxf...

Creative Discussion Podcast: Greg Werden on the DOJ, Merger Guidelines and the Evolving Role of Economists 17.03.2026 33:26

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts the third episode of a new antitrust speaker series and interviews longtime antitrust scholar and retired DOJ economist Greg Werden. They discuss Werden’s path from chemistry to economics and his four-decade career at DOJ, discussing both constants and changes in antitrust enforcement. Publications Mentioned Werden, Gregory J. The Foundations of Antitrust . Cambridge, MA...

Alden Abbott on the Chicago School, the Neo-Brandeisian Experiment, and the Future of Conservative Antitrust 17.02.2026 33:23

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts the second episode of a new antitrust speaker series and interviews Alden Abbott, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an advisory board member of the Antitrust Education Project. They discuss antitrust’s Chicago Revolution, Neo-Brandeisian enforcement, and the Google & Meta cases.

Creative Discussion, Episode One: Herb Hovenkamp 20.01.2026 38:27

Join Joseph Coniglio, director of ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, as he inaugurates Creative Discussion: An Antitrust Podcast by engaging in an in-depth discussion with Herb Hovenkamp, James G. Dinan Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dubbed the “Dean of Antitrust” by The New York Times , Hovenkamp shares his career journey, insights on his influential Areeda-...