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December 2013
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The Mythology of the Kingsbury Commitment

The Mythology of the Kingsbury Commitment

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Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
December 16, 2013
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December 2013
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Speakers:
Robert Crandall,

Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

John Thorne,

Partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.

Harold Furchtgott-Roth,

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Economics of the Internet

In December, exactly 100 years will have passed since the 1913 "Kingsbury Commitment" was written. This centennial has renewed interest in the consent decree, which ended antitrust charges against AT&T in exchange for concessions aimed at curtailing AT&T's alleged 1913 market power.

In recent decades, the Kingsbury Commitment has acquired many new meanings, some quite distant from the original consent decree. Is the Kingsbury Commitment a positive example of the government using its law enforcement powers as a tool to promote policy positions? Or is Kingsbury an example of governmental overreach and the hubris of power?

We welcomed Robert Crandall and John Thorne to discuss the significance of the Kingsbury Commitment, especially in light of current market conditions for communications services.

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