person
Susan Athey
Stanford economist; former DOJ Antitrust chief economist
Stanford economics professor who served 2022–2024 as Chief Economist at the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Pioneered the combination of machine learning and causal inference.
current The Economics of Technology Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI
past Chief Economist, DOJ Antitrust Division
Strategy positions
Antitrust primacyendorses
Break concentration via competition lawBrings rigorous ML-and-causation thinking to AI antitrust; argues market structure around AI demands serious antitrust analysis.
Causal inference plus machine learning is changing how we understand the impact of AI in markets.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.