Read the remarks of Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn at the FTC's Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century hearings.
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In this issue, we criticize the FTC for targeting the little while letting the big play. And we wonder why the Brookings Institution is perpetuating the myth airline deregulation worked.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement today regarding its brief sent to the FCC urging the commission to block the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint
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How America’s anti-monopoly laws got turned against the little guy.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission cleared the $80 billion merger of Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG
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Open Markets Institute, Public Knowledge, Common Cause, the Writer's Guild of America and the Consumers Union has filed a public comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile.
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When Robert Pitofsky died at his home on October 6, at age 88, the antitrust community lost not only a courageous enforcer of the law but a serious scholar of history who understood that private monopoly is one of the greatest threats to American liberty and democracy.
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This week’s FTC hearings on the growing power of companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google only included economists who have taken money, directly and indirectly, from giant corporations that have a stake in the debate.
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In this issue, we highlight the powerful speeches of Sens. Booker, Capito, Warner, and SEC Commissioner Jackson at Open Markets' "Right to Compete" conference. And we remember the life and legacy of former FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky.
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Open Markets Institute Senior Fellow Lina Khan testified at the Federal Trade Commission’s Third Hearing in its “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century” series at the George Mason University.
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