In this episode, Aditya Trivedi and Ritika Ghosh interact with Yordan Manev, Legal & Compliance Officer, CUSOP (Payments) DAC. They discuss his thesis on Political economy of (substantial) market power. The conversation centres around structural contradictions within competition law; economic underpinnings; Keynesian economics on effective demand and state intervention; regulatory interfaces of competition policy; and political nature of competition policy with dominant economic ideology. Disclaimer: the WWII casualty figures quoted in this recording include military personnel only. Note: The views of the guests are personal and have no affiliation with the podcast or the hosts.