The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets arguing the important of patents to the American economy. Innovation will undoubtedly suffer in this country if patents are weakened. He writes: “While many rights in the Constitution are defined vaguely, the Founders laid out one Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets highlighting antitrust bills currently being considered in this lame duck Congress. He writes: “The lame duck Congress is preparing a number of presents to leave under the Christmas tree of the American people. But most (if Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets examining the social media landscape. In recent years, the government has gotten in the way of the free market forces governing the tech sector. “The Prime Directive on Star Trek, America’s oldest and most recognizable science Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets on a patent bill in Congress that would harm small inventors. He writes: “Republicans have opposed registering guns, they have opposed naming donors to non-profits, they have supported limited government – all ideologically sound, good libertarian Read more…
The Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton has a new article in Real Clear Markets looking at legislation that may be voted on in this month’s lame duck session of Congress, the “American Innovation and Choice Act” (S. 2992) that would prohibit Big Tech companies (mainly Amazon, Google and Meta, the parent Read more…
The Market Institute joined a letter headed by the Competitiveness Coalition to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging their respective caucuses to hold the line on harmful antitrust legislation, like the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) and the Open Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets highlighting the under performance of Republican candidates in this cycle that targeted ‘Big Tech.’ He writes: “In a recent column, “A Tale of Two Midterms” former Republican Representative and Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, contrasted the Republicans’ underwhelming Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets looking at the situation in Europe with regulators remaking Amazon’s website for the sake of “competitiveness.” “European Union Competition Chief Margrethe Vestager recently unveiled a new design for Amazon’s website. No, she is not moonlighting as Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets rebutting some conservative lawmakers that are going after ‘Big Tech’ with new antitrust laws. He argues this is incompatible with small government. “Representatives and one-third of Senators dread even-numbered Septembers. That’s because they must leave the Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer and Former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) have a new opinion piece in the Washington Examiner looking at why inflation is going to get worse if antitrust legislation is passed by Congress. They write: “Another month brought a grim new set of inflation numbers, Read more…