Publications
Policy director Phil Longman gives a riveting argument about how America can save Social Security and strengthen retirement security by making the system fairer—taxing the wealthy more, expanding benefits for working- and middle-class Americans, and addressing decades of policy failures that fueled inequality.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan co-authors a report examining why Maine's "Pine Tree Power" initiative failed despite broad support for public ownership, offering strategic lessons on how advocates can overcome corporate spending and messaging to win future public power campaigns.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute commended Texas-based worker Ric Davidson, his counsel at Gustafson Gluek, Burns Charest, and Towards Justice for stepping in to defend the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark ban on non-compete clauses—an essential policy to protect workers’ freedom to change jobs and start new businesses.
Read MoreTransportation analyst Arnav Rao is featured in this documentary short to discuss the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, which would further consolidate the country’s railroad system.
Read MoreEditorial director Anita Jain discusses Cory Doctorow’s concept of “enshittification” reveals how Big Tech deliberately worsens its products to maximize profit and control.
Read MoreEditorial director Anita Jain reviewed tech critic Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It .
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan co-authors a piece with Alvero Bedoya, former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and current Senior Adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, arguing that the Trump administration’s suspension of the FTC’s non-compete ban represents a major setback for American workers, reversing one of the most significant pro-labor reforms in decades and reinforcing corporate control over the labor market.
Read MoreThe Southern Justice Project is a major new initiative to study the economic, political, and social effects of corporate concentration and social control across the south. The project will be led by Evan Turnage, former Chief Counsel to Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senior Counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren and a native of Jackson, Mississippi.
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch argues that amid the failure to regulate its own tech firms, the U.S. must not be allowed to undermine European efforts to regain sovereignty over their information systems and resist domination by Big Tech.
Read MoreThe Enduring Force of the Federal Antitrust Laws, authored by senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley, lays out the most effective strategies to challenge unfair practices and curb corporate domination under current federal laws.
Read MoreIndustrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon offers the analysis on Trump’s trade coercion amplifying Big Tech’s long-standing use of trade policy to erode national sovereignty and entrenches corporate power over global digital regulation.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya argues that U.S. courts must take strong structural action—not just behavioral fixes—to dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over digital advertising. She contends that forcing divestitures of Google’s ad exchange (AdX) and ad server (DFP) is both technically feasible and necessary to restore competition, empower publishers, and prevent Google from continuing to manipulate the ad market through its control of key algorithms and data systems.
Read MoreIn this issue, we recap our 2-day Future of Democracy conference in Brussels and analyze the recently concluded remedies trial for Google’s monopoly over digital advertising.
Read MoreIndustrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon argues in Tech Policy Press that President Trump’s use of trade coercion reflects Big Tech’s longstanding manipulation of trade policy to erode national sovereignty.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute Europe submitted observations to the European Commission as part of its consultation on the review of the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”).
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and ARTICLE 19 hosted on October 15th & 16th a convening of high-level leading thinkers, lawmakers, technologists, and advocates who discussed the direct and growing threats to our democracies and basic liberties posed by today’s dominant online communications platforms, the rise of AI, and interference by foreign states.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch and Europe director Max von Thun author a brief arguing that dominant U.S. platforms such as Google, Meta and X wield unprecedented power to manipulate political discourse, censor individuals and organizations, and shape the flow of information across Europe, the United States and beyond. At the same time, and in coordination with these corporations, the current U.S. administration has launched an “unprecedented assault” on Europe’s right to regulate these corporations in the public interest.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute’s transportation analyst Arnav Rao published an article on Trump’s faltering shipbuilding agenda, arguing that the president has “gutted the very offices, funding streams, and foreign partnerships” needed to rebuild U.S.
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