Findings from South Africa’s Health Market Inquiry makes recommendations to close the information gap between service providers and consumers.
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Domination of key South African markets by a few players, as displayed in the healthcare market inquiry, may require authorities to consider breaking up monopolies.
The US tech giants are increasingly in the EU’s regulatory crosshairs.
Is the expression ‘no good deed goes unpunished’ accurate? New research shows we often do, in fact, punish those who do good deeds.
The US and Europe approach tech regulation very differently due to their historical contexts. Where does Australia’s fit in?
From the 20th-century process of policy trial and error, the nations that married the strengths of markets and government came out ahead.
A law suit against Apple on antitrust grounds could force the company to open up its App Store. That could mean more exciting apps for consumers, but it could also make the system less secure.
As Facebook grows and grows, it either drowns out or buys up the competition.
Research has shown that the most successful basketball coaches resist pressure to make changes during games. Choosing not to make a move is sometimes also the right call for business leaders.
Competition between neighbours turns up the volume on inequality. Homicide and civil war may be the result.
Unfair competition law offers a more effective, targeted strategy to persuade China to play by the rules.
South Africa needs a robust economic policy agenda to make it more open, productive and inclusive.
Problems at government contractor Capita and the collapse of Carillion are part of the same story of outsourcing gone wrong.
Federal politicians are finally moving against political donations after repeated scandals, but the economics shows lobbying should be ended regardless.
Acquiring companies that don’t complement the main business went out of fashion more than a decade ago.
The latest report from the Grattan Institute, finds that claims about Australia being dominated by oligopolies are overblown.
A new workplace wellness program leverages masculine interests and targets blue-collar men - with success.
Did we evolve the capacity to produce sublime music simply to get more sex? Or are we driven by higher ideals related to living together in harmony? Maybe it’s a bit of both.
While Pandora continues to lead in the US in streaming music all the signs from investors, user momentum and tech talent indicate Spotify is on the verge of seizing the crown.
A recent ban on charges for paying by credit or debit card could open the door to legal action for surplus fees paid in the past.
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Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Competition Lawyer; Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Finance, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Queensland University of Technology