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Is Business Broken?

Is Business Broken?

When Does Self Regulation Become Collusion?

Oct 23, 2025 · 28m

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Last week's show introduced self-regulation, the practice of businesses, setting their own guardrails without government, but what are the limits to private actors policing themselves?At what point should government intervene in the public interest, and also companies getting together to set their own rules? When does that cross into antitrust territory and become collusion? Host Curt Nickisch speaks to BU Questrom Professor Tim Simcoe and Jonathan Kanter, former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division in the Biden Administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices