In a new column published in RealClearMarkets, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton examines recent testimony from FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador before the Senate Commerce Committee. Singleton argues that Ferguson’s remarks represent a significant departure from the expansive antitrust philosophy that characterized the previous FTC leadership. Read more…
An op-ed by Market Institute President Charles Sauer published in RealClearMarkets argues that the Biden Administration’s aggressive antitrust agenda under Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter ultimately harmed consumers, reduced competition, and increased government interference in the economy. Sauer writes that the Neo-Brandeisian approach to antitrust enforcement focused more on punishing Read more…
In a recent Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 debate, some policymakers are questioning whether a decades-old law still makes sense in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape. But as Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton explains in a recent RealClearMarkets piece, the answer is clear: the Sports Broadcasting Act continues to Read more…
In a recent column published in RealClearMarkets, Market Institute President Charles Sauer explains how Walmart’s rise to a trillion-dollar company illustrates the power of free markets—and why policymakers should rethink modern antitrust enforcement. Walmart recently became only the second non-technology company to surpass a $1 trillion market capitalization, joining Warren Read more…
In a recent RealClearMarkets article, Charles Sauer uses a football analogy to capture what’s at stake in today’s antitrust debates. Football works because the rules are known in advance and applied consistently. When referees invent new rules mid-game, the integrity of competition collapses. Markets operate the same way. Sauer argues Read more…
In a recent RealClearMarkets column, Charles Sauer explains why Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. should be approved—and why it highlights the failure of outdated antitrust thinking in a fast-moving entertainment market. Netflix appears poised to acquire Warner Bros. despite a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Pictures. While the deal Read more…
In a recent RealClearMarkets column, Norm Singleton pushes back against the familiar panic that accompanies every major technological shift in the movie industry—this time aimed at streaming and Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers. Singleton reminds readers that resistance to innovation is nothing new. From the earliest days of sound Read more…
As Charles Sauer explains in a recent column for RealClearMarkets, the backlash against Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. reflects today’s reflexive antitrust panic—not the realities of competition in the entertainment marketplace. Critics on both the left and right have rushed to portray the deal as a threat to consumers, Read more…
iRobot, the Massachusetts-based maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, has filed for bankruptcy. While competition from newer, innovative rivals played a role, iRobot’s collapse cannot be understood without examining the role of regulators and politicians who blocked the company’s best chance to survive. As Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton Read more…
Rising beef prices have become a political talking point, but blaming “Big Beef” won’t make groceries cheaper. As Charles Sauer explains in a recent article originally published in RealClearMarkets, government crackdowns on meatpackers risk repeating the same antitrust mistakes that have already failed to lower prices elsewhere in the economy. Read more…