At Wednesday’s Big Tech hearings, the House Antitrust Subcommittee showed what informed politicians and a real investigation can do.
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Big Tech CEOs to Be Grilled—Five Minutes at a Time
The hearing featuring Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and others has rules that could allow them to escape serious scrutiny.
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Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas
A leading antitrust scholar has been working for two tech giants and not disclosing it in her work.
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As the Revolving Door Swings
Big Tech could be forestalling platform regulation in a stealthy way.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Federal Government Wants to Let These Financial Predators Off the Hook
Rent-to-own businesses that have been colluding with one another could get a free pass at the Federal Trade Commission. That would be a tragic mistake.
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Wells Fargo Attorney Moonlights as Buttigieg Campaign Policy Adviser
The campaign has also had advisers sign nondisclosure agreements, and in at least one case attempted to lock someone up with a noncompete agreement.
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Silicon Valley’s Big Apple Gambit
The four biggest tech firms are all opening offices in a very specific section of Manhattan, which happens to be the home district of one of their chief antagonists in Washington.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Utah Statement: A Bulwark Against Private Power
Legal scholars have penned a statement of beliefs about how to best disrupt corporate concentration.
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Tech Companies’ Big Reveal: Hardly Anyone Files Arbitration Claims
Responding to Congress, they make clear that forced arbitration gives them the means to sidestep the law.
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Why Doesn’t Congress Do a Comprehensive Investigation of Amazon?
Today on TAP: Turning a blind eye to abuse of market power
