Before the Federal Trade Commission chair got there, the agency was brimming with conflicts of interest, including from her loudest critics.
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Posted inEducation in America
The Companies AI Might Replace Aren’t Exactly Good
A review of Chegg, an online education tutor that’s threatened by ChatGPT, suggests that a bigger problem than AI is what we allow businesses to get away with.
Posted inWorking in America
Unions Pursue Monopsony Case Against Pennsylvania Hospital Network
The case against UPMC could serve as a model for labor-related antitrust enforcement.
Posted inTAP
The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Crackdown on Predatory Green Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed rules forcing a program that offers loans for energy efficiency upgrades to confirm a borrower’s ability to repay.
Posted inWorking in America
How Secret ‘Bondage Fees’ Trap Contracted Workers in Low-Wage Jobs
Though the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban noncompete agreements, other kinds of restrictive covenants perform a very similar function.
Posted inHousing
HUD Steps Forward on Junk Fees in Rental Housing
The Cabinet agency is presenting best practices for eliminating or limiting the worst overcharges.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Calling Deficit Squawks’ Bluff on Environmental Enforcement
Deregulatory zeal and government spending cuts are surefire ways to preserve corporate impunity, at the public’s peril.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About
Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons.
Posted inTAP
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
Today on TAP: The new movement to connect the restoration of democracy with the revival of antitrust and competition
