Writing Assignment 1

First, read pages 82 - 86 of this articleLinks to an external site. about antitrust regulation and monopoly power in the United States (from the start of "Applying Antitrust Principles to the Tech Titans" through the end of "Lessons"). You are only required to read pages 82 through 86. Shapiro, Carl. 2019. "Protecting Competition in the American Economy: Merger Control, Tech Titans, Labor Markets." Journal of Economic Perspectives 33 (3):69-93. https://pubs(dot)aeaweb(dot)org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.33.3.69Links to an external site. After reading the assigned pages, write between 100 and 150 words on how the ideas in this article relate to what we covered during lecture on Tuesday, April 8 (Lecture 3). Some notes on this assignment: The assigned reading is meant to push your comfort zone a little. It is OK if you do not feel like you understand 100% of the details of the article. Your writing responses will be graded according to full credit (100%), half credit (50%), or no credit. Any thoughtful response that demonstrates that you did the reading and thought carefully about it is likely to receive full credit. Everyone must submit their own writing response. You are welcome to discuss the article with classmates, but you must write your own individual response (and it must not be identical to somebody else's submission). Submissions are due before noon on Monday, April 14. Pacific Time Zone