January 10, 2022· 42 min

A Top Antitrust Lawyer on How Increased Competition Could Fight Inflation

Orality
Model
82%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,256 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,749 words)
M:29%
GuestCraig Seebald(3,994 words)
M:93%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic37%
very, basically, certainly
Engagement57%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, well, now
Repetition100%
antitrust (73x), like (71x), about (69x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., But I'm I'm not surprised you ..., But my favorite conspiracy the...
Sound Patterns50%
38 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases5%
i mean, believe it or not

Literate Indicators

Hedging10%
may, maybe, could
Passive Voice8%
been pursued, were taken, are prosecuted
Abstract Nouns22%
investment, business, chase.com/business
Subordination9%
however, because, while
Sentence Length40%
Avg: 14.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity50%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style43%
437 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
apply, personally, actually

Description

When people think about tools to fight inflation, usually things like taxes or monetary policy come to mind. But lately there’s been more discussion about corporate power (particularly concentrated corporate power) as a source of higher prices. So what can the government actually do? On this episode, we speak with Craig Seebald, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, and leader of the firm’s antitrust group, to understand how the law in this space gets applied. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.