A key tool that enables contractors to trap building services personnel in low-wage work has been upended by a bipartisan majority at the Federal Trade Commission.
Federal Trade Commission
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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.
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Economic Royalists, Corporate Scheming, and the Next Political Era
Our executive editor offers his best of 2024.
Posted inPolitics
Modest FTC Junk Fee Rule Built on Bipartisan Support
Democratic regulators wanted to make sure the rule will survive. Republican support on the commission and popular bills in Congress could get them there.
Posted inPolitics
Bank Speculation! Polio! And Other Hot Items on Trump’s Agenda!
The incoming president’s transition team is making the case for reviving some long-buried monsters.
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.
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What Senate Democrats Can Still Do to Promote the General Welfare
Today on TAP: Until December 31st, they can still confirm some Biden nominees to crucial regulatory and judicial posts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The End of the Whole-of-Government Approach?
In the Biden administration, some officials actually tried to govern. The squealing from corporations made clear that this novelty was effective.
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All the Money and Power in the World
Today on TAP: Announcing Organized Money, a new show about how the business world really works