Publications
The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism and Liberty publish a report how just a handful of Big Tech companies – by exploiting existing monopoly power and aggressively co-opting other actors – have already positioned themselves to control the future of artificial intelligence and magnify many of the worst problems of the digital age.
Read MoreThe Center for Journalism & Liberty’s flagship report offers guidance on how competition policy principles can help restore sustainable and independent news media.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan analyzes the lens of sociologist Jakob Feinig on challenging the dominant view of money as a scarce commodity and how this aligns with the role of President FDR and the New Deal.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute collaborated on a report with Kiki Louya, offering a deep dive into the case study of Premium Peanut.
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley analyzes the ways in which antitrust enforcement plays a role in the structure of fair market competition.
Read MoreChief economist Brian Callaci co-author a working paper on No-Poaching Restrictions and the impact had Worker Earnings.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and Farm Action updated their report card on the Biden administration’s work to address consolidation in agriculture.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci co-author a report that examines how the Chicago School revolution in antitrust contributed to the growth of franchising, gig work, and other fissured arrangements across the U.S. economy.
Read MoreClaire Kelloway, food program director , and Jason Davidson, senior food and agriculture campaigner at Friends of the Earth, collaborate in this policy brief revealing the reality farmers face in the midst of carbon markets and the presence of Big Ag.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute releases report on supply chain fragility— The report from researcher, Garphil Julien, focuses on security risks in critical sectors by the Bureau of Industry and Security to inform the U.S. – EU Trade and Technology Council Secure Supply Chains Working Group.
Read MoreOpen Markets conducts a report by Claire Kelloway and Matt Buck sponsored by the Yale Sustainable Food Program.
Read MoreSenior fellow Nikki Usher asked 18 public health officials in 29 nonurban Illinois counties about the platform’s pros and cons.
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley specifies paths for effective litigation and suggests actions relevant authorities might take.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan writes a paper describing how the FTC can use its expansive “unfair methods of competition” powers to strengthen fair competition under the Sherman Act.
Read MoreThis research paper is an update to Open Markets’ 2020 report, “Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Surveillance Infrastructure and Revitalizing Worker Power,” and details Amazon’s further attempts to amplify and widen employee monitoring into September 2021.
Read MoreCheck out our “Eyes Everywhere” two-part report series illustrating the dangers of Amazon’s worker surveillance, Amazon’s competitor and consumer surveillance, and the solutions available here→
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute releases a sequel report on Amazon’s surveillance—This time documenting the scale and scope of Amazon’s consumer and competitor surveillance operations, their adverse impacts, and how to make Amazon stop.
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