May 23, 2024· 46 min

How a DOJ Economist Approaches Antitrust in America

Ioana Marinescu

Orality

Model

83%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,411 words)

M:28%

HostTracy Alloway(1,721 words)

M:28%

GuestIoana Marinescu(4,443 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic25%

totally, very, absolutely

Engagement65%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, like, right

Repetition100%

know (103x), like (72x), market (55x)

Parallelism100%

And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., But then that broad awareness,..., And the other interesting thin...

Sound Patterns67%

56 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases5%

you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%

may, maybe, probably

Passive Voice6%

be affected, been started, are satisfied

Abstract Nouns22%

investment, community, business

Subordination7%

since, because, while

Sentence Length47%

Avg: 16.8 words/sentence

Word Complexity51%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style35%

548 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style96%

apply, interestingly, really

Description

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have taken an invigorated approach to antitrust under the Biden administration, targeting companies for labor issues like non-competes, in addition to looking at more traditional measures of anti-competitive behavior, like higher pricing. But how does an economist examine the impact of monopoly practices on the overall economy, or take into account new and different measures of their effects? In this episode, we speak with Ioana Marinescu, principle economist at the DOJ's Antitrust Division, about how she analyzes these thorny issues and what she's learned from specific recent cases, like Activision/Overwatch League, or Penguin Random House’s attempted acquisition of Simon & Schuster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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