The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece in Real Clear Markets looking at the Federal Trade Commission’s radical agenda under Lina Khan. “Americans struggling with high prices and shortages may be in for more economic difficulties courtesy of the Biden Administration. This is because, with the Senate recently Read more…
Summary Controversy over treatment by “Big Tech,” a shorthand reference to companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Amazon, of those expressing conservative, libertarian or just unapproved views on controversial political and social issues has led some conservatives to call for government use of antitrust law to rein in, or even Read more…
The Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton has a new piece out in Real Clear Markets looking at legislation under consideration in the United States Senate: The American Innovation and Choice Act. He writes: “The U.S. Senate may soon consider the misnamed “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992). Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets highlighting the perils of the push in Congress by some Democrats and even a few Republicans to use antitrust laws to target “Big Tech.” “Imagine a business that runs a factory in a small town. The Read more…
Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton has a new piece in Real Clear Markets highlighting the bizarre antitrust litigation legislation prosposed by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representative Ken Buck (R-CO). He writes: “Colorado Rep. Ken Buck and Utah Sen. Mike Lee are two of the most reliable defenders of Read more…
The Market Institute Senior Fellow John Tamny has a new piece in Forbes about the targeting of major tech companies by some in Congress. Excerpt below. “It’s a presidential tradition that serious, tier one candidates for the office speak at the Detroit Economics Club. Young people must wonder why since Read more…
The Market Institute joined a letter opposing the weaponizing of antitrust laws by Congress. While left-wing proponents may sell these bills as the answer to conservative censorship online, empowering unaccountable bureaucrats would only increase the potential for government abuse of Americans’ free speech rights, including those of conservatives. The coalition Read more…
Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in RealClear Markets on a bill introduced in the Senate that would significantly alter the way consumers use everyday services like Amazon Prime. Here’s an excerpt. “The current leaders in Washington D.C seem to believe that business is like the creation Read more…
Norm Singleton has a new article out at Issues & Insights on the latest push in Congress and the White House to enforce and broaden antitrust laws. Here is an excerpt. “Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman was correct that inflation “is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” But, while true, it Read more…
Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in the Washington Examiner about a new proposal from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) that would ban acquisitions by companies with $100 billion plus market capitalizations. “In public policy, you can either be on the side of smaller government or bigger government. Read more…