Platforms, American Express, and the Problem of Complexity in Antitrust

Authors

Chris Sagers, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. The Great Generalization

III. Antitrust Without Platform Theory ... A. Are Credit Cards Really a Boon to Society and Would Non-Platform Antitrust Wreck It? ... 1. Do Credit Cards Do Anything Special? ... 2. How a Platform Player Causes Harm on One Side ... B. Will the Cat Really Stay in the Credit Card Bag?

IV. Conclusion: How Antitrust Complexity Devolves to Conservative Simplicity

Recommended Citation

Chris Sagers, Platforms, American Express, and the Problem of Complexity in Antitrust, 98 Neb. L. Rev. 389 (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol98/iss2/8