The Market Institute joined a letter opposing the misleadingly named Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, which would increase government interference in freight rail operations.izing of antitrust laws by Congress. You can view the letter here or below.
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets on the push by some in Congress to vilify credit card companies. “The division between the two parties used to be clear – one liked fairy tales and one liked self-help books. Now both parties seem Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Health highlighting a recent executive order by the Biden Administration to use antitrust enforcement. “In a move that would warm Joseph Stalin’s dead heart, the Biden Administration released (yet) another Executive Order, this one instructing federal agencies to ramp Read more…
The Market Institute Senior Fellow John Tamny has a new piece out in Real Clear Markets looking at the Federal Trade Commission’s recent lawsuit against Meta (Facebook). “At the dawn of the 20th century it was said that cars were rarer than millionaires. And millionaires were, of course, very rare. Thinking Read more…
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…
The Market Institute recently organized a letter addressed to the leaders of the United States Senate pushing back against the 95 percent tax on prescription medicines contained in H.R. 5376, the “Build Back Better Act.” Over 80 free market groups signed onto the letter, showing their opposition to price controls 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…