Baseball’s anomalous antitrust exemption is overdue for repeal.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
‘Don’t Say New Brandeisians’: A Reply to Commissioner Christine Wilson
The FTC commissioner has accused supporters of aggressive antitrust enforcement of being Marxists. But she’s more of the radical on antitrust policy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Bottom-Up Battle Against Corporate Power
Public comments on a proposal to change merger guidelines have soared, showing broad interest in reining in monopolies.
Posted inPolitics
The War Nerd
Lucas Kunce is captaining a campaign against corporate power, foreign oligarchs, and Wall Street raiders. Can he convince Missourians that they share a common enemy?
Posted inPolitics
Biden and the Billionaire Tax
We need a lot more pitchfork populism from working-class Joe.
Posted inEconomic Policy
New York Begins Rulemaking to Stop Corporate Profiteering
The attorney general’s office will seek to apply the state’s price-gouging law to opportunistic price increases that use high inflation as an excuse.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden Wants to Take Down the Ocean Shipping Cartel
New initiatives would beef up investigations into anti-competitive conduct from the industry, which is enjoying astronomical profits.
Posted inPolitics
The Wilson Phillips Blockade and Republican Obstruction
A 2-2 tie on the Federal Trade Commission empowers Republicans to block action into bad actors in the economy—and Senate Republicans are enabling this.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity’s Airline Strategy Could Draw a Challenge
Budget airlines Frontier and Spirit, buoyed by a private equity investor, announced a merger earlier this week. But a revamped antitrust enforcement atmosphere awaits.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Big Business Games the Supply Chain
The disruptions, and the subsequent circumventions, have accelerated Amazon and Walmart’s takeover at the expense of independent retailers.
