One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
antitrust
Posted inEconomic Policy
Q&A: Taking On the Biggest Problems and the Biggest Companies
An exit interview with Jonathan Kanter, Biden’s head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division
Posted inEconomic Policy
When the Government Actually Governs
The Biden administration’s antitrust agencies are hitting the tape with new rules and enforcement actions.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Disney’s Catch and Kill
Disney wanted to corner the market on sports streaming. A rival blocked them. So Disney bought the rival.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Latest Seller Squeeze
A controversial policy would effectively charge sellers when Amazon’s logistics team loses or damages their goods. It could enable Amazon to undercut rivals with its own brands.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Economic Royalists, Corporate Scheming, and the Next Political Era
Our executive editor offers his best of 2024.
Posted inTAP
Bidenomics in the Rearview Mirror
Today on TAP: Despite its history-making tilt toward workers and consumers, the electorate didn’t reward it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
FTC Revives 1930s Law in Suing Alcohol Distributor
The Robinson-Patman Act, dormant for decades, is invoked in a case alleging that Southern Glazer’s favored big-box stores over independent rivals.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The End and Beginning of the Lina Khan Era
The FTC chair lost her job on the same day she added another legal victory. The neo-Brandeisian efforts to convince judges to revive antitrust could have staying power.
Posted inHousing
The Housing Industry Never Recovered From the Great Recession
A decade of depression in construction led to a concentrated, sclerotic industry.
