Vox - How Biden Can Rein in the Big Meat Monopoly

Program manager for food and agriculture systems, Claire Kelloway, discusses why the meat industry is bad for farmers, workers, consumers, animals, and the environment.

Op-EdsClaire KellowayFebruary 24, 20212021, February 2021, Claire Kelloway, Food & Power, Food & Agriculture, Labor

Bloomberg Law - Biden Can Free Millions From Coercive Employment Contracts

Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director at the Open Markets Institute, writes in Bloomberg Law that President Joe Biden has the chance to make good on his past statements condemning the use of noncompete clauses for American workers by making good appointments to the Federal Trade Commission.

Op-EdsSandeep VaheesanFebruary 5, 2021Primary Feature, 2021, FCC, Sandeep Vaheesan, February 2021, Labor

Common Dreams - The FCC Seeks to Hinder Female and Minority Broadcast Ownership for Policies Favoring Concentrated Corporate Ownership

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst at the Open Markets Institute, and Beth Brodsky, former Louis Brandeis Law and Political Economy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute, write in Common Dreams showing that the FCC’s push to restructure America’s broadcast communication ownership would be a crushing blow to the already deficient levels of female and minority ownership in the broadcast industry.

Op-EdsDaniel HanleyJanuary 28, 2021Primary Feature, Daniel Hanley, January 2021, 2021, Racial Equity, FCC

The American Prospect - Debating Antitrust Policy and Efficient Markets

Barry C. Lynn responds to Zach Carter’s review on Liberty From All Masters’.

Op-EdsBarry LynnJanuary 22, 2021Barry Lynn, Primary Feature, January 2021, 2021, Antitrust Law

Washington Monthly - How Biden Can Transform America

Barry Lynn, executive director of Open Markets Institute, writes in The Washington Monthly about how the president-elect doesn’t need Congress to break up monopoly power.

Op-EdsBarry LynnDecember 16, 20202020, December 2020, Politics, Antitrust Law, Secondary Feature

The Intercept - Tom Vilsack for Agriculture Secretary Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Democratic Party

Claire Kelloway, senior reporter and researcher at the Open Markets Institute, writes in The Intercept about why Tom Vilsack is such a bad choice for Secretary of Agriculture.

Op-EdsClaire KellowayDecember 11, 2020Politics, December 2020, 2020, Primary Feature, Claire Kelloway, Food & Agriculture

Washington Monthly - The FTC's Strong Case Against Facebook Could Have Been Even Stronger

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst for Open Markets Institute, writes in Washington Monthly about two mistakes the FTC made in its antitrust case against Facebook.

Wired - Antitrust Litigation Isn't Enough. Biden Needs to Go Further

Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director for Open Markets Institute, writes in Wired about how antitrust suits, like the one filed against Facebook, are long, costly, and often ineffective. The next president can fix the system—without Congress.

American Banker - Visa-Plaid deal highlights need for more scrutiny of M&A

Garphil Julien, research associate for Open Markets Institute, and Daniel Hanley, policy analyst for Open Markets Institute, write in American Banker that Visa’s acquisition of Plaid highlights the need for more merger enforcement.

Slate - The First Thing a Biden FTC Should Tackle

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst for Open Markets Institute, writes in Slate that a Biden FTC should first tackle right to repair.

ProMarket - Three Steps the Biden Administration Should Take to Tackle America’s Monopoly Problem

Daniel Hanley, policy analyst for Open Markets Institute, writes in ProMarket about how the Biden Administration can revive federal anti-monopoly enforcement after 40 years of little action, even when faced with congressional opposition.

Civil Eats - California Sets a Dangerous Precedent for Food Delivery Workers Nationwide

Senior reporter & researcher, Claire Kelloway, writes about how California’s Prop. 22 was really just a plot by food delivery companies to avoid paying employee benefits and protections.

Op-EdsClaire KellowayNovember 12, 20202020, November 2020, Big Tech, Secondary Feature

The End of Retail

Open Markets Institute research associate, Garphil Julien, writes in The American Prospect about how Amazon, private equity, and real estate conglomerates are doing what discounters like Walmart did in the 1970s to the retail industry.

CNN - Forget bias, the real danger is Big Tech's overwhelming control over speech

Open Markets Institute Director of Enforcement Strategy, Sally Hubbard, writes in CNN about how in order to deconcentrate Big Tech’s control over speech, we must dismantle the platforms’ business models, enforce antitrust laws, and push for legislative reform.

Washington Monthly - Starving the News

Policy director Phillip Longman contributes this piece in a series on how to rescue and revitalize journalism.

Op-EdsPhil LongmanOctober 25, 2020Phil Longman, Law, Antitrust Law, 2022, June 2022, Politics

Newsweek - The Justice Department Should Pursue a Breakup of Google's Monopoly

Open Markets Institute policy analyst, Daniel Hanley, urges the Department of Justice to honor the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust’s Big Tech recommendations and breakup Google. This piece was originally published in Newsweek.

LPE Project - The Functional Logic of Antitrust: Oligarchy vs. Democracy

Open Markets Institute Legal Director, Sandeep Vaheesan, writes in The Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project about how the present rules of antitrust law do not protect consumer welfare but instead promote oligarchy.

ProMarket - What the US Economy Could Look Like if Digital Markets Were Open and Competitive

Open Markets Institute Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard publishes a piece in ProMarket based on her testimony before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee on October 1, 2020 in support of stopping Big Tech monopolies.

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