Market Institute President Charles Sauer in RealClearMarkets warns that conservatives risk repeating one of the Biden administration’s biggest economic-policy mistakes: turning antitrust law into a political weapon. In a new column, Sauer examines the nomination of Adam Candeub to lead the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and argues that Candeub’s Read more…
In a new piece for RealClearMarkets, Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton argues that efforts to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger misunderstand how dramatically the entertainment market has changed. The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division approved the merger in June, but a coalition of 12 state attorneys general is suing Read more…
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…