Dr. Bruce Owen

Biography

Bruce M. Owen is the Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He directed the Stanford Public Policy Program from 2005 to 2015 and was instrumental in establishing a master's degree program in public policy. Owen is a recognized expert in antitrust economics, well-known for his role in the 1974 U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit that contributed to the breakup of the Bell System. With a significant background in both academia and government, he has served as Chief Economist for the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy and for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. His academic contributions include teaching at Stanford University and Duke University, and he has authored numerous articles and books, including 'Television Economics' and 'Internet Challenge Television'. Owen has also advised both domestic and international government agencies on matters of antitrust and telecommunications policy. Recently, he has focused on the economic analysis of political corruption in the United States, publishing work in the British Journal of American Legal Studies.

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