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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
1. Introduction
Labor market concentration and its potential effects on workers is a topic increasingly debated among antitrust practitioners and academics. The potential link between labor market concentration and lower wages has led to questions of whether and how labor issues should inform merger review and, more broadly, antitrust investigations. Covid-19 has strained some industries (such as airlines) and may result in consolidation of some employers, further raising labor market concentration concerns. This article describes some of the current research regarding labor concentration and its impact on workers, how labor concentration issues are being raised in the courts, and how economic analysis can inform antitrust inquiry moving forward.
Noah Smith: How Texas can become the next Silicon Valley northwestgeorgianews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northwestgeorgianews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Texas is making another bid to become America’s technology hub. It will be an uphill battle, to put it mildly. But one seemingly small policy tweak could give the state a big boost in its quest to lure the tech industry: banning the enforcement of noncompete agreements.
In the 1970s, Austin, T
The urban dysfunction of the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States and a desire for lower taxes have prompted some tech companies and investors to move from the Bay to Austin, Texas. Pictured here is the Texas state flag. Ray Shrewsberry/Pixabay
Texas is making another bid to become America’s technology hub. It will be an uphill battle, to put it mildly. But one seemingly small policy tweak could give the state a big boost in its quest to lure the tech industry: banning the enforcement of noncompete agreements.
In the 1970s, Austin established itself as a technology cluster but never attained the heights of Silicon Valley or Seattle. To do that, a city needs a critical mass of talented engineers, big employers and venture capital. Now, the urban dysfunction of the San Francisco Bay Area and a desire for lower taxes have prompted some tech companies and investors to move from the Bay to Austin. Elon Musk’s companies, Tesla and SpaceX, are probably the most notable big c