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#63 Is It Really Free? The Economics of Digital Platforms

#63 Is It Really Free? The Economics of Digital Platforms

FromOur Curious Amalgam


#63 Is It Really Free? The Economics of Digital Platforms

FromOur Curious Amalgam

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Digital platforms host more and more of our daily activities. Many are free and seem to cost nothing other than the users’ attention. How do we understand the economics of the “free” and its antitrust implications? Prof. John Yun, Director of Economic Education at the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University, joins John Roberti and Anora Wang, for a discussion on concepts including “disutility,” “diversion ratio,” “attention market,” and “contestable market,” all put in layman’s terms. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the price of something in our daily lives that appears to be free. Related Links: The Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University Hosted by: John Roberti, Allen & Overy LLP and Anora Wang, Winston & Strawn LLP
Released:
Jun 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law around the world with leading experts in those areas. It is an amalgam because it is a group of diverse topics all in one place. It is curious because it gets the experts and asks them in-depth questions.