The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: How to protect prosperity and

The paper proceeds in the following format: The next chapter, ‘Legal analysis: what does the Bill do?’ provides a summary of the powers in the Bill, based on in-depth legal analysis of its measures. [...] (Bell reportedly did not want a telephone in the house.) The network effects of the first telephone call were very limited as with just two users the sole network effect is whether the other person is there to pick up the telephone. [...] Aspects of the Bill seem, at least potentially, to allow the DMU to cater to the protection of stasis. [...] With regard to the DMCC, it is notable that requirements can be added to the Bill to prevent abuses of the law to harm consumers, which can otherwise arise if the interests of consumers and industry are opposed. [...] As we will see in the paper below, this was not the recommendation of the Furman Report in the first place, which was instead to retain a consumer welfare approach because of the clarity and predictability this brings to evidence.