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The FTC’s Andrew Ferguson Sounds Eerily Like Lina Khan

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson recently assured CEOs at Yale’s prestigious CEO Caucus that the agency wouldn’t let “good” mergers “die on the vine.” But as Market Institute Senior Fellow Norm Singleton explains in his latest piece for RealClearMarkets, actions speak louder than words. By retaining aggressive merger guidelines Read more…

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Meta’s Purchase of Instagram Underscores the Genius of the M&A

Populists on both the left and right often blame mergers and acquisitions for consolidating corporate power and harming small businesses. But as Market Institute President Charles Sauer argues in a new piece at RealClearMarkets, that narrative gets it exactly backward. Sauer points to Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp—deals frequently Read more…

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marketinstitute The Market Institute @marketinstitute ·
2 Jun

Illinois legislators: let's block Waymo AND force Uber & Lyft into union negotiations. Translation: more red tape, higher prices, and less competition — all at the rider's expense.

This is what happens when government picks winners.

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1 Jun

America's first transcontinental freight railroad just cleared another hurdle.

The STB accepted the revised UP-NS merger application for consideration. A seamless coast-to-coast rail network would strengthen supply chains, reduce transportation costs, and help keep the American

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1 Jun

If candidates want to talk seriously about lowering health care costs this election season, they can't ignore 340B. The program was designed to help low-income patients, but research shows it has encouraged hospital consolidation and higher spending without clear evidence of

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