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Lina Khan
October 9, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Dems Rally to Save Lina Khan After Mark Cuban Puts Target on Her Back
Progressive Democrats are rallying to save FTC Commissioner Lina Khan after Mark Cuban put a target on her back under a potential Kamala Harris administration.
October 4, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Kamala Harris Keeps Cozying Up to Big Business
Reports are piling up that the Harris campaign is wooing corporate leaders by promising to take a more lenient approach than the current administration.
October 1, 2024
Timothy Noah
Kamalanomics: Way Better Than Trump—but Not as Good as Biden
Obviously it’s good that the president passed the torch to Harris. I just wish she’d stop differentiating her economic policies from his.
February 27, 2024
Timothy Noah
The FTC Says a Giant Supermarket Merger Will Screw Workers—and Customers
It’s a daring departure from past antitrust arguments. Can it succeed?
October 3, 2023
Timothy Noah
Lina Khan vs. Amazon: Excessive Bigness Has Got to Stop
The FTC chair’s bold move against her longtime bête noire sends the right message at a vulnerable moment for corporate mergers.
August 29, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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