Antonio Manganelli is professor of Antitrust (LUMSA University, Italy) and Competition Law and Policy (University of Siena, Italy). He previously served in a number of EU and national public institutions, e.g., the Italian Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications (AGCOM), the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). Antonio holds a PhD in Law and Economics from the University of Siena.

Antonio Nicita is full professor of Economic Policy at LUMSA University (Italy) and is member of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board at the European Commission. He has served as Commissioner of the Italian Regulator for Telecom and Media markets (AGCOM) and as member of the Steering Group in Regulation & Emerging Technologies at the OECD. He held academic positions in several universities, e.g., University of Rome, La Sapienza (Italy); Yale University (USA); University of Paris X-Nanterre (France); the European University Institute (EU), and the University of Cambridge (UK). Antonio holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Siena.

Details the emergence of innovative technologies and their ability to disrupt existing market strategies and dynamics

Examines recurring policy cycles and the shifts between liberalization and privatization

Outlines the digital revolution and how it has created new economies and forms of consumption

1 Introduction: digital transformation, big techs, and public policies.- 2 New economy(ies), new economics and new 'digital' rights.- 3 Big Techs, Market Power and Public Policies.- 4 Big techs and on-line information system.- 5 Private power and public policies: between antitrust and regulation.