Read The Economist's interview with our Executive Director, Barry Lynn.
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In his Forbes debut, Open Markets fellow Austin Frerick wrote that Senator Tom Carper's conflicts of interest may explain why he did little to oppose a merger that is bad for Delaware. DuPont merged with the Dow Chemical Company to create DowDuPont, the world's largest chemical company in terms of sales. This merger occurred amid a massive wave of consolidation in the agricultural sector.
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In the Guardian, Barry Lynn, Executive Director explains, that as gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets.
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"The knee-jerk reaction to the European Union’s decision to fine Google $5.1 billion is to blame the Europeans. How can it be possible that in Europe the antitrust authorities determined that Google abused its dominance in the smartphone market when in America it did not?
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Sandeep explains why an antitrust enforcer anchored in consumer welfare is an antitrust enforcer anchored in anti-labor.
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In an article for Civil Eats, Open Markets' fellow Austin Frerick explains how the Iowa Farm Bureau is hurting rural communities. Although it was created to advocate for farmers and rural communities and is registered as a non-profit corporation, it now receives 84 percent of its revenue from its for-profit insurance arm, the FBL Financial Group, which controlled $10.1 billion in assets in 2017 alone. Its holdings include millions of dollars of investments in large agribusiness conglomerates like Monsanto and Tyson.
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In the Take Care blog, Lina Khan explains why the SCOTUS decision on AmEx shows stunning disregard for traditional antitrust principles.
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In an article for Vice, Open Markets Food & Power reporter Claire Kelloway explains why from hot dogs to beer to chips and even charcoal, you don’t have much of a choice in whom you pay to celebrate. Even though the average grocery store carries tens of thousands of products, Americans' Independence Day shopping dollars overwhelmingly go to a tiny number of enormous companies.
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Lina Khan explains how the decision in favor of American Express will make it easier for big tech companies to pressure workers, suppliers, and customers.
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Sandeep explains how antitrust laws are being used an anti-worker tool.
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Matt explains the danger the individual citizen faces by endorsing the business model of total surveillance and discrimination and the recent AT&T Supreme Court decision.
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In the Financial Times, Barry Lynn writes that this decision will make it harder to bring even basic antitrust complaints.
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In The Des Moines Register, Open Markets' fellow Austin Frerick writes about the Iowa Farm Bureau's power over agricultural policy and how its private revenue sources have given it significant clout both in Iowa and in the national agricultural space. It continues to push for cultivation of only a few crops without any consideration of the consequences of this model on rural Americans. Monopolies, however, thrive under this system.
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Barry explains why the US government is right to oppose the mega-merger a judge allowed this week and why an appeal must follow.
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Philip Longman published "Five Myths About VA Healthcare," which dispels misconceptions about the Veteran Administration's delivery of care.
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In the Law and Political Economy Blog, Sandeep Vaheesan writes how competition is deficient as a general social organizing principle and should be promoted selectively, not categorically.
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In The Guardian, Open Markets' Board Member Zephyr Teachout writes that now that the initial show trial is done, we need the real deal.
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In The Daily Beat, Sarah Miller writes about Facebook as a monopoly whose business model is surveillance and manipulation of users and how regulation alone won’t change that.
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