Welcome to The Corner. In this edition, we ask if the FTC's big series of hearings is just a big waste of public money. And we point out the dangers - and hypocrisies - in the DOJ's approval of the Cigna-Express Scripts merger.
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The Open Markets team strongly supports Senator Warren’s call to separate the business of retailing from the business of making things.
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Last week, a coalition of farmers, fishermen, and food system activists launched a new campaign that calls on three dominant food service management companies, Aramark, Compass Group, and Sodexo, to increase local and humane food purchasing, invest in racial equity, and reduce their carbon emissions, among other demands. These companies represent 77.5 percent of the food service management industry, or the business of running cafeterias and restaurants for hospitals, schools, stadiums, corporate headquarters, and other institutions.
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Open Markets senior fellow Lina Khan is profiled by David Streitfield for The New York Times. Khan talks about her work on antitrust, Amazon and how she went against a consensus in antitrust circles that dates back to the 1970s.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we look at how the Trump Administration is helping Big Tech, and highlight how Spotify and other music platforms hurt musicians - and listeners.
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Open Markets Institute Applauds Senator Cory Booker’s Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018.
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The Republican line on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stresses his dispassion. A typical example comes from Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who hails Kavanaugh as a judge who does “not rewrite the rules of the game” and “who call[s] balls and strikes.”
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we argue that the Department of Justice should continue to prevent movie studios from buying theater chains. We also examine the potential harms of Facebook and other tech giants getting into the banking business, or simply into your bank account. And we look at why a lone dissent in an obscure FTC case is much more than it may first appear.
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The Open Markets Institute submitted three comments to the Federal Trade Commission for its upcoming "Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century." Read those comments here.
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The Freedom From Facebook coalition, spearheaded by the Open Markets Institute, submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission's "Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century" Hearing on August 20, 2018.
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Read the amicus curiae brief filed by the Open Markets Institute amicus curiae in support of the U.S. government's appeal of the lower district court's decision allowing the merger.
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This week, we highlight Sen. Mark Warner's surprisingly tough proposal to regulate Google and other platform monopolists. We also look at how New York City turned to simple 20th century policies to fix its Uber problems. Finally, we point out how consolidation in Canada drives inequality.
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Read the public comment that the Open Markets Institute, along with the Roosevelt Institute and the Economic Policy Institute, submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding its proposed settlement in the Your Therapy Source matter.
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Read The Economist's interview with our Executive Director, Barry Lynn.
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Sandeep Vaheesan was quoted in the Atlantic explaining how Amazon's power hurts workers and wages.
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Open Markets Institute is mentioned in this article as an example to draw a clear distinction between socialists and the anti-monopoly movement, which promotes greater competition.
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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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Sarah Miller, Deputy Director, spoke on behalf of the Freedom From Facebook Coalition about Facebook's massive market value drop.
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