(Preview) Amazon and the FTC, Antitrust Laws and Big Tech, Consumer Welfare and American Welfare

The FTC’s Amazon complaint and ongoing criticism of FTC Chair Lina Khan, understanding Amazon’s power and the limits of antitrust law, modern regulators vs. the Chicago school, and why “big is bad” might be a good strategy. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Khan Seeks to End Amazon ‘Illegal Conduct,’ Quiet on Breakup — Bloomberg Lina Khan Once Went Big Against Amazon. As FTC Chair, She Changed Tack. — Wall Street Journal Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox — The Yale Law Journal Lina Khan Has a Weak Case Against Amazon — Wall Street Journal Market share of leading retail e-commerce companies in the United States as of June 2022 — Statista Is William Baxter Anti-Antitrust? — New York Times Beyond Aggregation: Amazon as a Service — Stratechery FTC Sues Amazon, FBA and Prime, Pricing Punishment — Stratechery Update Fulfillment: A Conversation on Amazon and Regional Inequality with Alec MacGillis — American Compass Antitrust and Aggregation — Stratechery Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.