The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets highlighting fiscal mismanagement of some Caribbean island nations. He writes: “In Atlas Shrugged one of the heroes–Francisco d’Anconia– has his company stolen from him by a greedy country. It doesn’t seem like that would happen in today’s modern economy, Read more…
The Market Institute President Charles Sauer has a new article in Real Clear Markets recapping the tenure of Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan. He writes: “With all the demands for oversight attention from the incoming Republican House majority, perhaps the most demanding is examining the actions and agenda of 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 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 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…