Publications
In this issue, we ask whether the EU’s $2.7 billion fine on Google last year has fixed online shopping in Europe, identify some of the facts left out of a recent Wired article about Amazon, and examine how T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint merger would likely harm rural Americans.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we look at U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's extreme pro-corporate record in antitrust cases. We report on the troubling implications of Match Group's roll-up of dating apps and question its intentions. And we interview Stacy Mitchell on Amazon's effort to grab power over your local government's procurement business.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we look at U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's extreme pro-corporate record in antitrust cases. We report on the troubling implications of Match Group's roll-up of dating apps and question its intentions. And we interview Stacy Mitchell on Amazon's effort to grab power over your local government's procurement business.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we highlight several ways to protect the Free Press from Facebook and Google, proposed by participants in OMI's "Breaking the News" conference on June 12. We also explain why the Department of Justice should appeal the recent decision allowing AT&T to complete its takeover of Time Warner.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we explain Open Market's new campaign to address the various threats Facebook poses to American society and democracy. We then detail how Warren Buffett's dominant position in making and selling mobile homes will benefit from the newly-passed bank deregulation bill, look at how powerful retailers like Walmart drive down wages at their suppliers, and track the building support for OMI's recent "single-price" health care proposal. Finally, we invite you to OMI's upcoming conference on the intersection of news, tech monopoly, and democracy.
Read MoreIn this issue, we examine how platform monopolies are trying to use trade policy to escape responsibility for the content posted on their sites. We also look at the cornering of the police body camera market and at the airline industry's plans to engage in price discrimination based on your social media profile.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we explore the coming clash between the FTC and Facebook, look at the ways that House Democrats are changing their party's understanding of labor markets and power, and highlight how antitrust regulators are rethinking when and how to use consent decrees.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we look at how the Zuckerberg hearings on the Hill may prove the beginning of the end for Facebook, and dig into the real reason for the escalating collapse of America’s independent car dealerships.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we address Trump’s attacks on Amazon, highlight an important new study that shows medical costs are higher in concentrated markets, and look at who really owns the data that Facebook collects.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner we look at one of the Trump Administration's first attempts to impose tariffs, and its disastrous effects on the aerospace industry; highlight new studies that confirm the role of labor monopsony in driving down wages; and explore what a Wired cover story on Facebook missed.
Read MoreMargrethe Vestager, the European Union’s top antitrust enforcer, appears also to be focusing on how much control a combined Bayer-Monsanto would have over the data generated from private farms.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we explain how a recent congressional hearing signals bipartisan support for more aggressive antitrust enforcement, examine New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's failure to protect his constituents from Uber's predatory behavior, and highlight the monopolization of the student loan servicing industry.
Read MoreCommodity trader Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) is in advanced talks to purchase fellow commodity trader Bunge, Bloomberg reported this week. That deal, if completed, would create a $34 billion grain company rivaling Cargill, the world's most dominant trading house
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we highlight concentration in the voting machine industry, look at how Facebook and Google have monopolized advertising, and, in the process, threatened local journalism.
Read MoreWe discuss an under-reported proposal to shift the balance of power within the Federal Communications Commission, look at how concentrated economic power harms patients and healthcare employers, and explain why antitrust enforcement may come sooner rather than later for tech giants.
Read MoreIn this issue of The Corner, we look closely at three of the biggest anti-monopoly questions for 2018, the boom in anti-monopoly political candidates, and a compounding factor behind the Spectre and Meltdown flaws in Intel computer chips.
Read MoreHappy 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 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.
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