Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy
The Schumpeterian perspective represents a new intellectual framework for antitrust reforms that focus less on competition for competition's sake and more on enabling firm dynamic capabilities to power productivity, innovation and global competitiveness. The Schumpeter Project’s mission is to advance dynamic competition policy with boosting firm dynamic capabilities as a central concern for antitrust enforcement. (Read more.)
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Featured Publications
No, Reviving the Robinson-Patman Act Will Not Lead to More Competition or a Better Economy

Neo-Brandeisians aim to reinvigorate the Robinson-Patman Act to protect small businesses. But the act doesn’t address any anticompetitive conduct that isn’t already covered by the Sherman Act, and enforcing it will only harm consumers and limit growth. Rather than repeat history’s mistakes, the next Congress should repeal the act once and for all.
Events
March 4, 2025|Register Now
Competition Policy in a New Administration: Conservative Antitrust and the FTC
Please join ITIF for a virtual panel with renowned experts who will discuss how antitrust enforcement might change with the new administration, whether the Trump enforcers will carry forward any of the neo-Brandeisian policies, and what the future may have in store for the FTC.
November 13, 2024
Korea’s Digital Market: Domestic Regulation and Global Impacts
Watch now for an expert panel discussion on how South Korea’s regulatory choices will shape its future as a global tech leader, and what the broader implications will be for its strategic positioning in the U.S.-China rivalry.
October 30, 2024
US v. Google (Again): A Post-Trial Analysis of the Ad Tech Case
Watch now for a virtual panel discussion with experts exploring the merits and implications of the DOJ v. Google ad tech case.
October 10, 2024
Is the DMA a Boost or Brake for European Competitiveness?
Watch now for a lively and insightful webinar featuring leading experts from Europe.
July 16, 2024
The Brussels Effect: Digital Market Regulation in East Asia
Watch now for an event hosted by ITIF's Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy, featuring leading antitrust experts from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the United States.

Director, Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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January 31, 2025|Blogs
A Four-Year Failed Experiment: Khan Leaves the FTC
Neo-Brandeisian antitrust will not form the basis of a new bipartisan antitrust consensus.
January 30, 2025|Blogs
Increased Market Concentration Does Not Equal Less Innovation
Sustaining technological advancement and innovation requires the scale of larger enterprises. If antitrust enforcers are serious about promoting innovation as a key policy goal (as they should be), they should not deter industry concentration.
December 20, 2024|Blogs
Apple vs. Europe—the $38 Billion Battle Over the DMA
The incoming administration is unlikely to take kindly to Europe's continuing antitrust attacks against Apple and other U.S. technology companies using a highly aggressive approach to DMA enforcement.
December 16, 2024|Blogs
Crunch Time in DOJ v. Google: An Ad Tech Market Definition Cluster?
There are several reasons for thinking DOJ is on shaky ground in attempting to define three separate ad exchange, ad server, and ad network markets given the Supreme Court’s decision in Amex.
December 13, 2024|Blogs
The Meta Antitrust Case: Trying Times Ahead for the FTC
While the FTC has lived to fight another day, the likelihood that it will overcome the hurdles implicated by Judge Boasberg’s summary judgment opinion is slim.
November 26, 2024|Blogs
Remedies in DOJ v. Google (Part II): DOJ Crosses the Rubicon
DOJ has decided to use its very fortunate victory in court to effectively destroy Google by chopping off two of its core businesses and turning what’s left of the company into an almost de facto public utility.
November 7, 2024|Blogs
Antitrust in a Second Trump Term: Six Challenges Facing the New Administration
The neo-Brandeisians’ attempted coup of the U.S. antitrust enterprise likely will soon prove to have been short-lived.