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 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 Senior Fellow Norm Singleton has a new article in Real Clear Markets looking at FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan’s position on ‘Big Tech’ and the consumer welfare standard. He writes: “Richard Alexander was correct when he wrote that Lina Khan’s life story is impressive. How many lawyers in their 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…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece in Real Clear Markets looking at Senator Patrick Leahy’s ill-advised group of patent bills. He writes: “I sometimes find myself humming or listening tunes from the 90s while doing things around the house or bopping down the road, reminding myself Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new piece in Real Clear Markets looking back at the deregulation in the Carter Administration and asking why liberals of today have gotten so far away from those policies. “Name the former government official, and the administration he worked for, who said Read more…
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…