Check 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→
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Sandeep Vaheesan testified against carving out additional workers from D.C.’s “Non-Compete Conflict of Interest Clarification Amendment Act of 2021” and to instead amend the law to extend its protection to all workers in the District.
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New report enumerates a plethora of predatory, exclusionary, and unfair practices that Amazon implements to surveil its competitors and consumers.
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Open 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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Garphil Julien highlights how the killing of President Jovenal Moïse took place against a backdrop of elite power, anti-competitive policies, and the U.S. failing to create open markets.
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The Open Markets Institute releases a statement celebrating a White House executive order on competition policy aimed at breaking the power of monopolists and calling for a multitude of actions that Open Markets pioneered over the years.
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Policy analyst Daniel Hanley details ways U.S. law can be leveraged to ban exclusive dealing by dominant firms.
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Illinois professor Nikki Usher imagines an approach to local journalism—one built on authentic, viewpoint-driven reporting upheld by readers invested in the community. Read reviews and reactions.
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This report discusses how the USDA must improve regulation of agriculture markets to ensure fair competition and to counterbalance predatory corporate consolidation through statutes such as the Packers and Stockyards Act.
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Open Markets Institute published, “Building Food Systems Resiliency Through Different Business Scales and Forms,” a report, originally submitted in response to a USDA request for comments, discussing how to improve regulation of agriculture markets to ensure fair competition and to counterbalance predatory corporate consolidation.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss CJL Fellow Nikki Usher’s upcoming book, Barry Lynn’s newest publication in Foreign Affairs, the consequences and potential impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on student-athlete compensation, and congressional legislation aimed at reining in Big Tech.
Full testimony from Open Markets Institute Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at the House financial services oversight subcommittee hearing, “America on “FIRE”: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?”
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Alexis Goldstein, Open Markets Institute’s Director of Financial Policy, will testify Wednesday, June 29, at 10:00 a.m. ET at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “America on “FIRE”: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?”
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Open Markets Institute announces new staff member, Alexis Goldstein as new Financial Policy Director, and new board member, Deepak Gupta.
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The Open Markets Institute releases statement applauding Chairman David Cicilline, Ranking Member Ken Buck, and members of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee for voting out of committee a suite of bipartisan bills aiming to rein in Big Tech.
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Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a piece about how the NCAA case set back antitrust law.
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Executive director Barry Lynn is featured in an interview with former Open Markets employee, Michael Bluhm discussing the U.S. government’s developing approaches to Big Tech.
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Open Markets Institute sent a letter to lawmakers applauding the introduction of a suite of bipartisan bills aiming to combat the harms that Big Tech monopolies cause to all Americans, innovation, and the marketplace of ideas.
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