Open Markets legal director Sandeep Vaheesan makes a case for expanding public ownership in the U.S. electric power sector, arguing it‘s the best way to secure affordable energy and decarbonization.

In this issue, we explore the sobering lessons of the last big railroad merger to evaluate the proposal to merge Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

Dr. Courtney Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets released the following statement concerning the news that Netflix has dropped its bid for Warner Brothers Discovery and by default, enabled Paramount to advance its own offer.

In an essay published in The New York Review of Books, Sandeep Vaheesan makes a case for expanding public ownership in the U.S. electric power sector—arguing that an expansion of democratically controlled public power is the best way to secure affordable energy and decarbonization. 

In this issue, we explore how Google’s proprietary AI chips will do little to dent Nvidia’s monopoly over the industry. We also released a new playbook to help state policymakers stop the encroachment of private equity into child care..

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan speaks on how union-busting should be treated as an illegal monopolistic practice under antitrust law because it gives firms an unfair competitive advantage by violating workers’ rights and undermining law-abiding rivals

The Open Markets Institute alongside Community Change/Action, National Women’s Law Center, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund released The Children Before Profits State Playbook, which equips state and local organizers, advocates, and policymakers with practical tools to address the risks posed by the growing role of private equity in U.S. child care markets. 

The Children Before Profits State Playbook is a joint project of Community Change, National Women’s Law Center, Open Markets Institute, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund. It equips state and local organizers, advocates, and policymakers with practical tools to address the risks posed by the growing role of private equity in U.S. child care markets.

The Open Markets Institute, Balanced Economy Project, Rebalance Now, and SOMO released condemned the European Commission’s decision to allow Google to acquire cloud security firm, Wiz, against expert recommendations for a deeper assessment of the deal.

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan emphasizes that Europe doesn’t need to copy America’s model to be competitive; it should double down on strong competition policy to avoid the economic imbalances and harms baked into the US approach.