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
November 13, 2025|Register Now
A Conversation with David Teece: Dynamic Competition and the Future of Antitrust
Please join ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy for a virtual fireside chat with Professor David Teece, who will explore how dynamic competition redefines the economic foundations of antitrust and what it means for enforcement to better account for innovation, entrepreneurship, and dynamic capabilities in today’s most consequential cases.
October 29, 2025
DOJ v. Google: What to Expect With Ad Tech Remedies
Watch now 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.

Director, Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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October 27, 2025|Blogs
No, Microsoft’s Recent Changes Do Not Prove the Activision Deal Was Anticompetitive
Post-deal layoffs and price increases do not prove that an acquisition harmed competition, contrary to the recent rhetoric around the Microsoft/Activision deal.
October 24, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Comments to EU Regarding the Draft Revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and Technology Transfer Guidelines
ITIF supports most of the proposed updates to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation—especially those on market share thresholds, data licensing, and technology pools—but warns that the new safe harbour for licensing negotiation groups could enable anticompetitive buyer collusion and protectionist enforcement unless stricter safeguards are added.
October 17, 2025|Blogs
The Brussels Effect Comes to Brasília: Why Its New Digital Markets Bill Misses the Mark
Brazil’s Digital Markets Bill promises to tame tech giants, but in reality, it threatens to import Europe’s flawed regulatory experiment—punishing innovation more than protecting consumers
October 16, 2025|Blogs
Schumpeter’s Vindication: The Enduring Link Between Scale and Innovation
Economic evidence continues to show positive effects of firm size on innovation. Scale matters for innovation and economic growth, and antitrust policy should not be constrained by the “big is bad” notions of today’s antitrust populists.
September 29, 2025|Blogs
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.













