Hal Singer
Antitrust economist; Managing Director at Econ One Research, Professor at the University of Utah, and Executive Director of the Utah Project on Antitrust and Consumer Protection.
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Sep 11, 2026
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I don't mean to hog the mic, but like, you know, in the old defense of price discrimination, they could point to some winners.
Hal SingerGUEST
They knew they couldn't point, the firm profit, the total welfare guys might point at that, but they realized that wasn't going to be a winning soundbite.
Hal SingerGUEST
But they could point to a group of winners, which were the high price sensitive types who were otherwise priced out of the market.
Hal SingerGUEST
They could look to their welfare and say, look, those guys are now getting to participate in the market.
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