Creative Discussion Podcast: Greg Werden on the DOJ, Merger Guidelines and the Evolving Role of Economists

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts the third episode of a new antitrust speaker series and interviews longtime antitrust scholar and retired DOJ economist Greg Werden.​ They discuss Werden’s path from chemistry to economics and his four-decade career at DOJ, discussing both constants and changes in antitrust enforcement. Publications MentionedWerden, Gregory J. The Foundations of Antitrust. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.Werden, Gregory J. “The Competitive Process Standard.” Antitrust Law Journal (2024).Areeda, Phillip E., and Herbert Hovenkamp. Antitrust Law: An Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978–.Bork, Robert H. The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself. New York: Basic Books, 1978.Cases Mentioned​United States v. Microsoft Corp.United States v. IBM Corp.United States v. AT&T Co.United States v. Philadelphia National BankStandard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United StatesChicago Board of Trade v. United States