‘Khanservative’ or Artful ‘DOGER’?

In this piece at The Libertarian Institute, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton calls out FCC Chair Brendan Carr for abandoning the First Amendment in pursuit of partisan content control. From threatening media mergers to pushing reinterpretations of Section 230, Carr’s agenda mirrors the regulatory overreach of Lina Khan’s “Khanservatism”—just Read more…

Elon Musk Needs To Have a Talk With Trump’s ‘Khanservatives’

In a new article for RealClearMarkets, Market Institute President Charles Sauer sounds the alarm on the Senate’s confirmation of Abigail “Gail” Slater as Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Antitrust Division. Slater’s support for Lina Khan-style antitrust policies marks another win for the growing “Khanservative” movement—conservatives who’ve abandoned free markets Read more…

Protect Competitive Markets With a Rejection of Bizarro Antitrust

Under the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division waged an aggressive campaign against mergers and business practices that, in reality, benefited consumers, workers, and competition. Often referred to as “neo-Brandeisian” antitrust, their approach was better described as bizarro antitrust—where blocking competition Read more…