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 submitted the following statement to Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property for the Hearing on The Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Examining Proposals to Address Predictability, Certainty, and Fairness. June 22, 2022 The Market Institute advocates on behalf of small 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 President Charles Sauer has a new article in RealClear Markets looking at the calls by both the Left and the Right to regulate ‘Big Tech.’ “The New York Times recently admitted what anyone paying attention has known, or at least suspected, since 2020: the Hunter Biden emails found on the Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece on criminal justice reform in the Washington Examiner’s Restoring America series. An excerpt: “I was arrested. Yes, I broke the law. No, I didn’t hurt anyone, steal anything, or endanger my community. I had an expired license plate and a few 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…