#63 Is It Really Free? The Economics of Digital Platforms

Published: June 1, 2020, 4 a.m.

Digital platforms host more and more of our daily activities. Many are free and seem to cost nothing other than the users\u2019 attention. How do we understand the economics of the \u201cfree\u201d and its antitrust implications? Prof. John Yun, Director of Economic Education at the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University, joins John Roberti and Anora Wang, for a discussion on concepts including \u201cdisutility,\u201d \u201cdiversion ratio,\u201d \u201cattention market,\u201d and \u201ccontestable market,\u201d all put in layman\u2019s terms. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the price of something in our daily lives that appears to be free.

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The Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University

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John Roberti, Allen & Overy LLP\xa0and Anora Wang, Winston & Strawn LLP