Her first big antitrust enforcement action seeks to block two semiconductor firms from merging.
Federal Trade Commission
Posted inEconomic Policy
What the New Sheriffs of Wall Street Can Do
Biden has empowered a crop of aggressive financial regulators. They’ll need to look beyond the banking industry and into finance’s darker corners.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All
Aggressive anti-monopoly enforcement can only go so far without clearing out a thicket of bad judicial rulings and establishing new laws.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Closing the Revolving Door in Antitrust
Economic consulting firms hire former officials to undermine antitrust efforts. Here’s how to stop that.
Posted inTAP
Progressives Run the Table on Regulatory Posts
Today on TAP: Khan and Kanter and Wu—plus Steele and Omarova
Posted inWorking in America
How Temp Agencies Keep Their Workers’ Wages Low
The Biden administration has targeted noncompete agreements. But other tactics depress worker wages.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The New Brandeis Movement Has Its Moment
Biden’s DOJ moves toward anti-monopoly enforcement and away from Merrick Garland.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Biden Can Reinvent Big Pharma
So it can’t buy off competitors to keep prices high
Posted inEconomic Policy
Financial Reformers to Biden: Start Nominating Regulators!
Several positions are vacant, as Wall Street reform appears to fall off the priority list.
Posted inEconomic Policy
There’s Just One Problem With Biden’s Executive Order Spree
The administration’s staffing deficiencies could imperil the entire agenda.
