Publications
The Open Markets Institute warns that the European Commission's Cloud and AI Development Act will fail to achieve its goals unless it directly addresses the dominance of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in the cloud computing market, advocating for regulatory reforms to ensure fair competition and digital sovereignty in Europe.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya argues that Microsoft’s move to consolidate control over search data, AI, and cloud services by shutting down Bing Search APIs and tying access to Azure risks stifling competition and entrenching its dominance in the AI and search markets.
Read MoreIn this issue, we look at how Microsoft is exploiting its control over Bing search data to force adoption of its cloud services and AI systems.
Read MoreTransportation analyst Arnav Rao argues that restoring the Jones Act and enforcing antitrust laws are essential to reviving American shipbuilding and reducing dependence on foreign shipping cartels .
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s article in The George Washington Law Review argues that reviving the principle of nondomination in antitrust law is essential to curbing corporate coercion and empowering workers.
Read MoreIn this issue, we celebrate OMI’s own Claire Kelloway for receiving a James Beard Award for her reporting and examine how a case against two pharmacy benefit managers in Michigan could have implications for the industry nationwide.
Read MorePolicy counsel Tara Pincock discusses how Michigan is suing pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics for an alleged price-fixing scheme that drove up drug costs, closed pharmacies, and gave ESI near-total market control in the state.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute proudly celebrates Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway who was awarded a James Beard Foundation Media Award for her incisive reporting for the Food & Environment Reporting Network in their “Farm Bill Fight” series published in Mother Jones.
Read MoreChief economist Brian Callaci discusses the Abundance Agenda’s faith in deregulation and private capital is misguided, and that achieving true prosperity requires robust public investment, labor protections, and democratic control over economic decision-making.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya reflects on the end of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing the online search market. She argues that Google’s warnings against divestiture of its browser, Chrome, fall short and that a breakup will benefit the security of the internet, innovation, and users.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch discussed on an IBA podcast how billionaires like Elon Musk are shaping public narratives on social media, warning of the threats to democracy and the need to protect independent journalism.
Read MoreIn this issue, we spotlight our seminal report on how to fix America’s shipbuilding crisis, Charting a New Course: Steering U.S. Maritime Policy Towards Security and Prosperity. We also explore how Apple’s development of its own modem chip illustrates why we need more aggressive antitrust. And we link to two new articles, that detail how liberal democrats can retake power and rebuild a democratic republic.
Read MoreSenior reporter Daniel Hanley argues that while Apple’s development of the C1 modem chip demonstrates technological innovation, it also reveals the immense challenges of competing with Qualcomm’s monopolistic dominance, making a compelling case for stronger antitrust enforcement to promote open competition and prevent the concentration of power in the hands of a few dominant firms.
Read MoreReporter Austin Ahlman argues that while the corporate pullback from Pride events poses financial challenges, it also presents a chance to reclaim Pride from corporate co-optation and restore its radical, community-driven roots.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute led a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson urging him to vigorously defend the agency’s 2024 rule banning non-compete clauses. The letter, signed by 16 other organizations including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Strategic Organizing Center, presents the statutory authority, historical precedent, and extensive economic evidence underpinning the rule.
Read MoreEurope and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun released a statement on historic actions for EU competition enforcement.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
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