Publications
Happy holidays from the Open Markets Institute. In this issue of The Corner, we cover developments ranging from the repeal of net neutrality and its effect on telecommunications and media corporations, to the details behind the Disney-21st Century Fox merger, to the real reason behind the loss of independent stores in New York City.
Read MoreBy introducing a special rule for “two-sided” markets, the Second Circuit needlessly departed from a longstanding approach to antitrust law. Its new rule greatly raises the burden that a plaintiff in the “twosided” market context must carry at the very earliest stage of litigation.
Read MoreBarry C. Lynn, Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute, testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “The Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust: Outdated or a Harbor in a Sea of Doubt?”
Read MoreDear friends, this is the inaugural issue of The Corner, a digest of need-to-know news about the concentration of economic power in America, and what people are doing about it. As a member of our list, we thought you'd be interested in The Corner. But if you'd prefer not to receive this newsletter, you can easily unsubscribe at the end of this e-mail. In this week's issue, we cover developments ranging from CVS's bid to take over Aetna to the ways in which the Republican tax bill promotes consolidation to important new data on how monopoly is aggravating regional inequality.
Read MoreOpen Markets recommended reading.
Read MoreWhy liberals have embraced our most dangerously reactionary founder
Read MoreHow the legal profession became Wall Street’s helpmeet
It’s time for the Democratic leader to step aside.
OMI believes the DOJ’s action should serve as a first step towards restoring the open, democratic, highly distributed media structure that existed in the United States through most of the 20th Century.
Read MorePhil Longman reports in the Washington Monthly about how the real healthcare crisis involves monopolies.
Senator Al Franken gives a keynote speech in a 3 part panel discussion about the power of Big Tech, net neutrality, monopoly, and our democracy
Read MoreRussian exploitation of Facebook’s monopoly structure to undermine America’s democracy means the FTC must act swiftly to curb its power.
Read MoreIn the 1970s, a new wave of post-Watergate liberals stopped fighting monopoly power. The result is an increasingly dangerous political system.
Read MoreCan users of what is essentially privatized social infrastructure really log off?
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