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Google Is Not a Pipe

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, with support from populists on both the political left and right, contends that Google Search is a common-carrier service under Ohio law and should therefore be restricted from prioritizing its own products and services in its search results. After losing at the lower-court level, Yost now brings his suit against Google Is Not a Pipe

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The Invisible Hand Screws Up Your Regression

You’ve probably heard the claim: “Chinese imports destroyed millions of American manufacturing jobs.” Most likely, that number comes from the famous “China Shock” research by David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson. It’s become a fixture in trade debates. In that original paper, Autor, Dorn, and Hanson compared regions with different exposure to Chinese import competition. The Invisible Hand Screws Up Your Regression

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The War on Social Media Is Really a War on Community

Australia’s online-safety amendment took effect Dec. 10, banning social-media use nationwide by individuals under age 16. Under terms of the law, social-media platforms that fail to take “reasonable steps” to prevent minors from registering and maintaining accounts may face fines up to A$49.5 million.  It now appears that the European Commission, France, Denmark, Greece, Romania, The War on Social Media Is Really a War on Community

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