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Lina Khan
August 29, 2023
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Sandeep Vaheesan
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Brian Callaci
Biden’s Best Path to a Pro-Worker Economy Runs Through the Federal Trade Commission
The agency has taken significant steps to move beyond its anti-worker past. With a little push, it can play a big role in helping labor win.
March 13, 2023
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Grace Segers
Big Tech Is Winning the Antitrust War on Capitol Hill
With Republicans in control of the House, the tech giants appear likely to evade stricter regulations yet again.
October 27, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Washington’s Candy Barons Are a Bunch of Corporate Ghouls
The most powerful dynasty in the nation’s capital isn’t the Kennedys, or the Bushes, or the Clintons. It’s the Mars family.
December 21, 2021
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Michael Tomasky
The Most Important Thing Biden Can Do in 2022
This year isn’t ending the way Democrats had hoped. But there’s a way the president can transform Americans’ lives without Congress’s help: bust up monopolies.
December 10, 2021
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Zephyr Teachout
Look Out, Big Tech, We’re Coming for You
Yes, the tech monopolies still have enormous power. But encouraging change is afoot. We just need a lot more of it.
September 1, 2021
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Jeff Hauser
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Eleanor Eagan
Big Tech’s Attacks on Biden’s Anti-Monopoly Regulators Are a Joke
The zany plan hatched by Amazon, Facebook, and Google to undermine Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter can’t be taken seriously.
July 16, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
Who’s Afraid of Lina Khan? (All the Right People.)
The new FTC commissioner has the authority, instincts, and acumen to meaningfully rein in the power of companies like Facebook and Amazon. That’s why they hate her.
July 15, 2021
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Matt Ford
Why Hasn’t Biden Chosen a Trust-Buster Yet?
The White House is gearing up for a campaign against monopoly power, but it has left the key position of antitrust prosecutor curiously vacant.
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