European Commission Hits Fair Competition Milestone with Enforcements Against Delivery Companies

Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun released a statement on historic actions for EU competition enforcement.

Washington Monthly - The Secret to Reindustrializing America Is Not Tax Cuts and Tariffs. It’s Regulated Competition.

The Washington Monthly published a timely cover story by Phillip Longman, which challenges the dominant political narratives about how to rebuild America's industrial strength, arguing that both Republican and Democratic strategies miss a crucial, historically-proven ingredient: market-shaping regulation.

Washington Monthly - To Defeat Trumpism, Relearn America’s Language & Levers of Power

In a powerful essay published in The Washington Monthly, Barry Lynn calls on Democrats to chart a bold new course by recovering the foundational American language of liberty, shared power, and economic democracy — the very principles that once made the Democratic Party a champion of the working class and protector of the republic.

Europe vs. the Tech Plutocrats An Existential Battle for Democracy and Sovereignty

Director of Europe & Transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun published an essay in Musk, Power, and the EU: Can EU Law Tackle the Challenges of Unchecked Plutocracy?, warning that Europe’s reliance on U.S. tech giants like Elon Musk’s companies threatens its sovereignty and democracy, and calls for bold, unified EU action to reclaim control and enforce democratic digital governance.

Coordinating Market Actors for the Public Good: Competition Policy as the Industrial Policy of Democratic Economic Governance

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and industrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon provide insight that to achieve democratic and resilient economies during periods of transition, governments must integrate competition policy into industrial strategy to prevent monopolies, curb corporate resistance to change, and ensure broad, equitable market outcomes.

European Democracy Shield Consultation Contribution

The Open Markets Institute submitted feedback to the European Commission’s Democracy Shield initiative, urging action against Big Tech’s concentrated power as a major threat to democratic institutions and information systems.

New Report by Open Markets Institute’s Arnav Rao Exposes Alarming Decline in U.S. Maritime Power & How to Build It Back

A report by transportation policy analyst Arnav Rao and corresponding feature article in The Atlantic, exposes alarming decline in U.S. Maritime power and how to build it back.

Democracy Maine - Let's Talk About Digital Threats to Democracy

CJL Director Courtney Radsch joined the League of Women Voters series to discuss how Big Tech, AI, and media market concentration threaten journalism and democracy in the digital age.

Charting a New Course: Steering U.S. Maritime Policy Towards Security and Prosperity

Transportation analyst Arnav Rao warns that decades of deregulation and offshoring have left the U.S. dangerously dependent on foreign-controlled ocean shipping, calling for urgent policy reforms to rebuild domestic maritime strength, protect national security, and stabilize the economy.

The Atlantic - How America Lost Control of the Seas

Transportation analyst Arnav Rao discusses findings from his recent report on ocean shipping, arguing that decades of deregulation and foreign dependence have crippled U.S. maritime capacity—and calls for restoring regulated competition and public investment to revive it.

Financial Times - Cloud computing is too important to be left to the Big Three

Director of Europe and transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun argues that cloud computing has become essential public infrastructure, and calls for regulatory reforms to curb Big Tech’s dominance, ensure security, and protect the public interest.

The Corner Newsletter: Copyright Protections and Critiquing the Abundance Agenda ( May 23rd, 2025)

In this issue, we explore how copyright protections, currently under threat from the Trump administration, stand as a bulwark against Big Tech‘s use of copyrighted material to turbocharge AI growth.

Innovation beyond Big Tech

The Open Markets Institute held a panel at the CDPD Conference on May 23rd, 2025 aimed at challenging the myth that Big Tech is the primary driver of AI innovation, highlighting how competition, regulation, and public-interest policies can foster a more open and democratic innovation ecosystem.

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Journalists and Artists Lose Out to AI Corporations as Trump Fires Copyright Director

Senior reporter Karina Montoya warns that Shira Perlmutter’s firing reflects Big Tech’s campaign to undermine copyright safeguards, as AI giants seek to freely exploit creative works without consent or accountability.

Open Markets Condemns Partisan FTC’s Move to Withdraw Robinson-Patman Lawsuit Against PepsiCo.

Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan condemns the partisan FTC’s withdrawing a historic Robinson-Patman lawsuit against beverage giant PepsiCo.

Boston Review - The Real Path to Abundance

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a major review critiquing Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson for promoting deregulation as a primary solution to societal challenges like housing shortages and the transition to renewable energy.

Center for Journalism and Liberty submits comment to FTC on Tech Platform Censorship and Threats to Press Freedom

CJL submitted a comment letter urging the FTC to address how dominant tech platforms suppress journalism through systemic, opaque, and retaliatory practices.

TechSequences - Beyond Powerful — Is it Time to Rein in Tech Platforms?

CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch joins TechSequences to discuss why platform governance must go beyond surface fixes to address the structural harms of surveillance-driven social media.

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