Publications
Claire Kelloway, senior reporter and researcher, speaks on a podcast about how agricultural monopolies have resulted in overproduction, degraded ecosystems, public health crises, all-time-high farm debt, and narrower opportunities for new farmers.
Read MoreSally Hubbard, director of enforcement strategy, discusses what current shifts in competition policy and enforcement could mean for the retail industry writ large.
Read MoreWelcome to The Corner. In this issue, we share highlights from the Open Markets Institute’s all-day conference on how to protect the free press and democracy from Google and Facebook, we highlight Dan Froomkin‘s Open Markets-funded expose of how Facebook funnels dark money to The New York Times, and we celebrate Open Markets fellow Beth Baltzan joining the Biden administration.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. David Cicilline, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined two dozen law enforcers, journalists, and analysts to address policy solutions in “After Google & Facebook: The Future of Journalism & Democracy.”
Read MoreIn a close study of The New York Times, journalist Dan Froomkin makes the case that Facebook’s funding of major news providers creates dangerous conflicts of interest—in The Washington Monthly on behalf of The Open Markets Institute’s Center for Journalism & Liberty.
Read MoreBrian Callaci of Open Markets Institute writes in Forge Organizing about how trade unionism and the movement to stop monopolies are complements, not substitutes.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute announces its filing of an amicus brief in support of stock photography company Dreamstime in its lawsuit against Google for abusing its monopoly in online search.
Read MoreOpen Markets research associate Garphil Julien writes about the decline in U.S. bike manufacturing and how the United States can use an industrial strategy to meet soaring bike demand during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreRead our full amicus brief in support of Dreamstime in its lawsuit against Google for abusing its monopoly in online search.
Read MoreWelcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss the Student-Athlete compensation antitrust case at the Supreme Court, Apple's race to acquire AI companies, and comment on the Suez Canal ship incident.
In a piece in Washington Monthly, Phil Longman of Open Markets Institute highlights how monopoly power in health care compromises public health and threatens democracy in reviewing Brian Alexander’s new book, “The Hospital”.
Read MoreSandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute writes in The Washington Post about the NCAA’s Supreme Court case against football and basketball players over the antitrust aspects of player compensation.
Read MoreDaniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute presents our stance on the ever-controversial Section 230 in The Reboot.
Read MoreWelcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss how Amazon is attempting to replace public libraries by refusing to sell them its eBooks and the nomination of Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission.
Executive Director Barry Lynn commends the president’s decision to nominate Khan, a former legal director at Open Markets Institute, to serve on the FTC.
Read MoreOpen Markets’ report, “Addressing Monopolization in America’s Food System,” was cited in an op-ed written by Gracy Olmstead about how to fix our food systems.
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