Student of antitrust, copyright, net industries. Views expressed here are not those of the University of Chicago (as if I needed to tell you that somehow).
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If the English teacher and the gym teacher are indeed getting married today, I hope it works out as well for them as it did for my wife and me many years ago. #july3rdisthebestdaytogetmarried
I start today a three-year appointment as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. I will split my time between that job and the Law School. I will alas need to stop teaching at Booth. The new job picks up all faculty hiring and promotion; Kalven; faculty governance; and a bit more.
Here is the link: provost.uchicago.edu/directo… This is a good time to emphasize that the views expressed here have not been, and will continue not to be, those of the University of Chicago.
Last week of copyright. Two days on AI and then a wrap up. I will be debuting today my new song, License the Future, courtesy of @suno: suno.com/song/c6818752-92bf-…
Super thoughtful conference in a great setting. Thanks for a chance to talk about my forthcoming @PrincetonUPress book, The Quest for Next: A Competitive History of the Computer Industry
ICYMI: At our Rome conference, @AuerDirk, @randypicker, David Bosco, @ngiocoli, and @profthomlambert reviewed platform regulation. The tension was clear: pressure to act early collides with the high error costs of intervening in fast-moving industries.
Watch the full panel ⬇️
The best part of the conference for me was seeing so many of my former students who’ve gone on to become serious participants on their own in today’s antitrust debates. Deeply satisfying.
This was a great panel. @randypicker’s work on the history of computing (first part of the video below) is fascinating. It was lots of fun to consider what lessons policymakers should glean from that history.
New book showed up today (7th edition of the classic Hennessy and Patterson Computer Architecture book, now with Kozyrakis). The oxen/chicken question is fun, but I am most interested in the 2026 copyright notice:
Happy New Year all. Classes start Monday. In my Winter tech policy seminar, we always read three new books. Here is the selection for this version:
I have posted a pdf of my consolidated antitrust slides for the quarter. A very large file as I have a somewhat distinctive approach to slides: picker.uchicago.edu/antitrus…
I will just say that I sent 680 pages on this subject (and more to be fair) to Princeton University Press last Tuesday. 550 pages of text, 130 pages of endnotes, 296K words total. Not even close to hitting the 300K word limit in the contract!
Semiconductors are clearly one of the most important industries in the world. They run everything: AI, cars, the digital economy.
Yet people haven't focused on market competition in this industry.
New paper out with @geoffmanne, David Teece, and @MZunigaP remedies that
I am sure that FTC commissioners are busy, but I do think they should devote a greater percentage of their time to ferreting out great deals on Diet Coke:
I’ve noticed a concerning trend at my local grocery store: pricing that punishes low-volume shoppers.
E.g.: Diet Coke is priced at $11.49 for a 12-pack. But if you buy 2, you get 3 free, which works out to $4.60 per 12-pack. Want just one, though? Sorry, it’s a 250% markup.
Same thing with tortilla chips. $5.99/bag, or buy 2 and get 3 free ($2.40/bag).
Saturdays are pretty quite at the Law School in the summer, especially after the students studying for the bar exam have left. I know students took the exam this week. Positive vibes from Chicago. Enjoy a break and then go out and do the things you are ready to do.
Nice work by our appointments committee this past year!
The Law School is pleased to welcome two new scholars to its academic faculty: Samuel Bray, ’05, who joins the faculty on July 1, 2025, and @LucyMsall, MLS ’23, PhD ’25, who will begin in July 2026 after completing a post-dissertation fellowship at NBER. buff.ly/ollgLHu
ALT Side-by-side headshots of Sam Bray and Lucy Msall
It looks like the new Pope attended graduate school in Hyde Park. Graduate education does indeed pay off: nytimes.com/live/2025/05/08/…
I was lucky enough to serve on our dean search committee this time around and to see Adam in action. Super thrilled that we’ve ended up at this spot.
Prof. Adam Chilton has been appointed dean of @UChicagoLaw, effective July 1. A renowned legal scholar, Chilton said it’s an “extraordinary honor” to lead the school where he’s served as a faculty member since 2014.
Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6015SVqGL
