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Here’s an idea: Let’s ban burgers — and the fries that go along with them. And while we’re at it, let’s ban the lager to wash them down. No, this isn’t a parody of one of Mayor Bloomberg’s ideas for saving you from your inner glutton. All those yummy ingestibles (plus … It turns out that a court ruling rejecting New York Mayor Bloomberg’s bid to crack down on supersized soft drinks may have saved the Mayor from regulatory backfire. At least that’s the suggestion from a new study that suggests that food sellers would have responded with menu options that would … “We’re canceling our membership in the out-of-touch wireless-carrier-club,” proclaimed T-Mobile in announcing its Simple Choice pricing plan. That’s good news for consumers in the sense that more options are always – well, almost always – better than fewer. And the switch has probably already accomplished what T-Mobile set … The dictum, “first, do no harm,” is a duty commonly assigned to physicians. In our view, it’s a good mantra for regulators as well, and we urge it on the Federal Communications Commission in drawing up rules for an upcoming auction to free additional radio spectrum for smart phones, tablets … Brookings, the D.C.-based think tank, just published The Need for Speed: A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century, the last word to date on Internet regulation written by telecom experts Robert Litan and Hal Singer. If you’re interested in the subject, this is a must-read. For those … “The Cloud” is certainly the buzz-phrase du jour as the behemoth IT companies rush to offer remote storage “in the cloud” for everything from document files to home videos. You get the convenience of easy access to the stuff on a variety of devices in a variety of places. They … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Amazon, Apple, Google, iCloud, iTunes, Microsoft | Category: Consumer Protection, Mobile Telephone Regulation |
 One commentSome four decades ago, Nobel economist George Akerlof argued that markets didn’t get it right when sellers knew a lot more than their potential customers. In the used car market, for example, buyers can’t readily distinguish lemons from non-lemons without investing in the services of an … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Allow, asymmetric information, CarMax, George Akerlof, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Personal | Category: Consumer Protection |
Leave a comment…Beth DeSimone’s analysis of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz’s proposal to streamline the agency’s consumer protection powers on the Consumer Advertising Law Blog? Leibowitz, a former chief counsel to the Senate Antitrust Committee, is asking the Senate for an overhaul of procedures that limit both FTC … |
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