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If antitrust law pursued a hodgepodge combination of populist social, economic, and political goals through disordered and often conflicting doctrines, the result would be both failure to achieve those goals or to protect consumers. Antitrust is not suited as a tool to redesign tech companies and their products, judicial decrees make for poor substitutes to innovation – pointed out Joshua D. Wright Professor at the George Mason University and former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission...

A BRADFORD doctor who regularly writes a coronavirus diary for the BBC says city schools are missing pupils due to travel restrictions to red list…

Friday, February 26, 2021, 6:30 p.m.  Delivered (virtual)  Thank you, Artemis, and καλησπέρα everybody.  Good evening.  Let me say what a huge pleasure it is for me to be part of the opening of this event, and I want to give a special shoutout and thank you to Artemis and the whole team at Fulbright for organizing this discussion in a way that puts a really positive spotlight on Black History Month. I had the opportunity yesterday to participate in two events that reminded me how i...

Toggle open close INTRODUCTION Policymakers at last are coming to recognize the connection between the breakdown of American families and various social problems. The unfolding debate over welfare reform, for instance, has been shaped by the wide acceptance in recent years that children born into single-parent families are much more likely than children of intact families to fall into poverty and welfare dependence themselves in later years. These children, in fact, face a daunting array of pro...

Robert Kinghorn: A time of lament on streets of suffering Register file photo by Michael Swan Robert Kinghorn: A time of lament on streets of suffering By  Robert Kinghorn February 7, 2021 One of my favourite authors is George Mackay Brown, who rarely left his native Orkney, a remote island off the coast of Scotland. Reflecting upon his own life and death he said, “We move from silence into silence, and there is a brief stir between — every person’s attempt to make a meaning of life...

Professor John Wright takes part in study to see if hes had Covid-19 twice PROFESSOR John Wright is taking part in a national study to find out if he has tested positive for Covid-19 twice. Professor Wright, public health doctor and Director of the Bradford Institute of Health Research at the BRI, revealed he recently tested positive for the virus and experiencing symptoms. In a diary for the BBC, alongside the NHS Front Line Radio 4 programme, he asks the question, ‘Have I got Covid ...