Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy
The Schumpeterian perspective represents a new intellectual framework for antitrust reforms that focus less on competition for competition's sake and more on enabling firm dynamic capabilities to power productivity, innovation and global competitiveness. The Schumpeter Project’s mission is to advance dynamic competition policy with boosting firm dynamic capabilities as a central concern for antitrust enforcement. (Read more.)
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Featured Publications
Comments to the European Commission for Its First Review of the Digital Markets Act

DMA is not an effective tool of competition policy. On the contrary, it has resulted in demonstrable consumer welfare losses, chilled procompetitive behavior, and even harmed small businesses. What’s more, it has done so by imposing obligations and penalties that inexcusably target America’s leading technology companies.
Events
October 29, 2025|Register Now
DOJ v. Google: What to Expect With Ad Tech Remedies
Please join ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss this landmark decision, its implications for the ad tech industry, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ continue.
September 23, 2025
DOJ v. Google: The Remedies Decision and the Future of Search
Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss the landmark Google Search decision, its implications for the future of search, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ continue.
June 26, 2025
FTC v. Meta: Takeaways From a Landmark Trial
Watch this virtual panel with top experts who discussed this important decision, its implications for the social media landscape, and what it means for Meta as the Trump administration continues its antitrust crusade against “Big Tech.”
May 19, 2025
The DOJ v. Google Ad Tech Decision: Did the Court Get It Right?
Watch this virtual webinar featuring experts who discussed this important decision, its implications for the ad tech space, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ escalate.
April 16, 2025
The DMA’s Annual Review: A Global Perspective on Digital Competition Regulation
Watch the virtual discussion featuring experts from diverse regulatory landscapes unpack the DMA’s real-world impact, analyze global trends in digital regulation, and evaluate whether ex-ante rules are the right path forward for competition.

Director, Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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September 29, 2025|Commentary
Response to NYT Guest Essay "Google Wins, We Lose"
DOJ’s proposed breakup never made sense. Judges are supposed to apply the law, not simply deliver the results desired by progressives and populists.
September 19, 2025|Blogs
Five Persistent Myths About Big Tech
Populists on the right and left continue to peddle myths about the U.S. technology industry and its “Big Tech” firms. Five persistent myths in particular risk spurring regulations that would stifle innovation, slow growth, and weaken U.S. competitiveness.
September 18, 2025|Blogs
Breakdown, Not Breakup: Taking Stock of the Google Remedies Decision
While Judge Mehta’s opinion may be one small step forward for Google, it is one giant leap toward defeating the neo-Brandeisians’ agenda to break up Big Tech.
September 3, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the European Commission Regarding Mergers Regulation
The focus of the guidelines is to help assess whether a merger would significantly impede effective competition or create or strengthen a dominant position. Unfortunately, this structural understanding of competition differs from a conception of competition as either a dynamic process or a consumer welfare proscription, both of which are far better suited to having a productive and growing economy.
August 20, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the UK Competition and Markets Authority Regarding Its Strategic Market Status Investigation Into Google’s Mobile Platform
ITIF disagrees with the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings that Google's mobile platform has Strategic Market Status and that there are high barriers to entry and expansion.
August 20, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to the UK Competition and Markets Authority Regarding Its Strategic Market Status Investigation Into Apple’s Mobile Platform
ITIF does not agree with the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings that Apple's mobile platform has Strategic Market Status and that there are high barriers to entry and expansion.
August 7, 2025|Blogs
The EU’s DMA Fine Against Meta: GDPR in Disguise?
The European Commission’s DMA action against Meta reveals a strategy of using data protection law principles to stretch competition rules beyond their intended scope—ultimately setting a compliance bar no gatekeeper can meet, infantilizing users, and selectively targeting successful integrated American platforms.