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Walmart sells 50 percent or more of all groceries in one in every ten metropolitan areas and nearly one in three “micropolitan” areas across the country, according to a report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, out last week. In 38 of these regions, Walmart sells 70 percent or more of all groceries.
Read MoreNBC News speaks with Open Markets Senior Fellow Matthew Stoller on the reaction of think tanks and advocacy groups backed by big tech to Senator Josh Hawley's proposed legislation aimed at the Silicon Valley giants. Stoller said last time he “saw this kind of collective temper tantrum by all their trade groups was" during the legislative battle over a pair of bills aimed at curtailing sex trafficking online, which altered Section 230.
Read MoreVanity Fair's Alison Durkee speaks with Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn about Congress' latest move against Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency, Libra. “This is a corporation that’s got fires all over the world with regulators. It’s only going to get worse,” said Lynn.
Read MoreBloomberg reporter Mike Dorning reports on how leading 2020 Democratic candidates view "antitrust action as long overdue" and that industries in the US could see a tougher stance from an incoming Democratic president. "Democratic presidential hopefuls are coming out in force against the rapid pace of corporate consolidation, a message to 2020 voters that gained volume during their first debates in Miami last week. They’re expanding their pledges to take on big tech, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc., to other industries."
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard has published a piece on CNN Business describing the extent of the concentration crisis in America and how monopoly is killing the American Dream. While big tech remains in the crosshairs for lawmakers and the 2020 presidential candidates, as seen during the first night of the Democratic debate, Hubbard emphasizes that the monopoly problem extends far beyond tech, crippling economic growth, raising prices, depressing wages, and making life increasingly harder for average Americans.
Read MoreAP Reporter Matt O’Brien profiled House Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David Cicilline. This year he hired Lina Khan, a top attorney at Open Markets, to serve as a counsel to the subcommittee.
Read MoreNPR's Tim Mak talks to Open Markets Deputy Director Sarah Miller about how lawmakers are changing their perceptions about Silicon Valley's biggest corporations. "They had always been perceived by progressives as doing a social good, as socially progressive, as being from areas represented by progressives. ... So there really wasn't a perception that these companies were dangerous," said Miller.
Read MoreWelcome to The Corner. In this issue, the problem with Facebook’s new Libra currency and why Facebook’s and Google’s power over digital media doesn’t mean the US should tolerate other powerful corporations.
Read MoreOpen Markets Senior Fellow Matthew Stoller and Lucas Kunce published a feature on The American Conservative exposing the devastating history of military monopolization in America. They describe how Wall Street has given foreign rivals such as China growing leverage over our defense industry by usurping what used to be American manufacturing, not only in telecommunications but in various sectors which are key to our national security.
Read MoreOZY’s Fiona Zublin tells the story of how concentration in the coffin industry is impacting the lives of average Americans.
Read MoreOpen Markets strongly condemns the decision by the Supreme Court today in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas. The ruling guts the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and empowers dominant retailers, such as Amazon, to take over America’s markets for beer, wine, and spirits.
Read MoreThe Verge covers the debate over Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, giving readers a summary of what it is and citing a number of criticisms against it, including Open Markets Senior Fellow Matthew Stoller's recent op-ed in the New York Times blasting Facebook's plan as dangerous and noting that it potentially gives those on the cryptocurrency's consortium an unfair advantage that could lead to price discrimination.
Read MoreThe New York Times' Marc Tracy covers the LSC/Quad merger and the U.S. Department of Justice's move to file suit against it. He cites a letter submitted to the DOJ earlier in the Spring by Open Markets, the Authors Guild and the PEN America against the merger demanding the government act to protect the free press.
Read MoreCBC News speaks with Open Markets Senior Fellow Matt Stoller about Facebook's new proposal to launch Libra, a new digital currency. He says Facebook's proposed global currency would give it the financial powers of a sovereign state and undermine democratic institutions. "It's an absurd idea to create a global currency system managed by a private group of people. I can't tell you how ridiculous it is," he told CBC.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute strongly welcomes the decision by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to file suit to block Quad/Graphics Inc.’s proposed acquisition of LSC Communications Inc. as Open Markets and others demanded in a March letter.
Read MoreOpen Markets Food & Power reporter Claire Kelloway covers the story of a new law in Maine granting loggers and haulers the right to bargain collectively with forest owners and sawmills. Maine’s new law expands the antitrust exemption for farmers’ cooperatives to include loggers and haulers. Yet the need for the exemption reveals a much deeper question about how we interpret antitrust laws and who is, and is not, allowed to economically cooperate.
Read MoreThe Houston Chronicle Editorial Board published a piece on Facebook's plans to act like a bank demanding regulation. They cite Open Markets Senior Fellow Matt Stoller's piece on The New York Times warning of the dangers of Facebook's proposed Libra coin.
Read MoreThe New York Times' David Streitfeld writes that big tech’s power has regulators and scholars, such as those of Open Markets, trying to reverse years of established doctrine. He also describes how anti-monopoly reformers are in ascendance and speaks with Open Markets' Executive Director Barry Lynn about anti-monopoly law and its history.
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