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Christian Britschgi | 11.27.2023 12:30 PM Economics FTC FIGHTS GROCERY STORE MERGER THAT MAY BRING DOWN PRICES Who needs better prices, products, and customer service? Nate Scherer | 11.24.2023 7:30 AM Federal Trade Commission A BONUS REASON ROUNDTABLE. LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.! Plus: Is Veep more realistic than House of Cards? Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 11.16.2023 2:35 PM Amazon THE WILDLY MISLEADING STATISTIC AT THE CENTER OF THE FTC'S ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST AMAZON Lina Khan says this number is crucial to understanding Amazon's monopoly power, but she's either confused or lying about what it means. Eric Boehm | 11.6.2023 2:00 PM Antitrust IS IT TIME TO TRUST-BUST TAYLOR SWIFT? The pop singer's new concert film inadvertently makes the case for big businesses with sweeping market power. 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Joe Lancaster | 9.26.2023 3:56 PM Antitrust COMPETITION, NOT ANTITRUST, IS HUMBLING THE TECH GIANTS The worst of the antitrust alarmism keeps proving untrue, as tech companies believed by some to be monopolies instead lose market share. Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.26.2023 9:05 AM Biden Administration THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S ANTITRUST CHANGES WOULD BE GREAT FOR BUREAUCRATS—AND BAD FOR CONSUMERS The guidelines would ignore decades of academic findings about how firm concentration can have a positive impact on consumers' welfare. Veronique de Rugy | 8.17.2023 5:05 PM Innovation NEW STUDY REVEALS LARGE FIRMS' ROLE IN INNOVATION Megafirms create new technologies too! William Rampe | 7.26.2023 4:45 PM Business and Industry NEW FEDERAL MERGER GUIDELINES HINT: MAYBE JUST DON'T MERGE ANYTHING AT ALL Plus: Authors demand compensation from A.I. systems, IRS whistleblowers speak out about Hunter Biden investigation, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.20.2023 10:00 AM Federal Trade Commission FTC INVESTIGATES OPENAI OVER INACCURATE INFORMATION FROM CHATGPT Plus: Few Americans support full abortion bans, a win for cryptocurrency in Ripple case, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.14.2023 9:46 AM Federal Trade Commission WITH MICROSOFT VICTORY, COURTS GO ON EPIC KILLSTREAK AGAINST FTC ANTITRUST AGENDA The gaming market remains competitive with a wide variety of options. Jennifer Huddleston | 7.12.2023 5:15 PM Federal Trade Commission COURT GREENLIGHTS MICROSOFT ACQUISITION OF VIDEO GAME POWERHOUSE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Plus: California social media law could backfire, Massachusetts may ban the sale of phone location data, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.12.2023 9:30 AM Antitrust THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION'S LATEST FRIVOLOUS ANTITRUST SUIT TAKES AIM AT AMAZON Plus: Texas’ new anti-porn law, Biden meets with A.I. critics, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.22.2023 9:33 AM Amazon IT TAKES 6 CLICKS TO CANCEL AMAZON PRIME AND THE FTC'S NEW LAWSUIT SAYS THAT'S TOO MANY The ideal number of clicks to cancel an online subscription may be four or five instead of six, but we don't need government to make that decision. Eric Boehm | 6.21.2023 1:45 PM Social Media FTC CHAIR LINA KHAN IGNORED ETHICS OFFICIAL'S ADVICE ABOUT META CASE, THEN SAID SHE DIDN'T Plus: RIP Daniel Ellsberg, the Pioneers of Capitalism, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.19.2023 9:53 AM Free Trade THE FTC IS INVESTIGATING ANTI-COMPETITIVE BABY FORMULA CONTRACTS. BAD FEDERAL POLICY IS TO BLAME. If the FTC wants to know why there's such a notable lack of competition within America's baby formula market, it ought to ask other parts of the federal bureaucracy. Eric Boehm | 5.24.2023 5:10 PM Administrative Law UNANIMOUS SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS RIGHT TO CHALLENGE FEDERAL AGENCIES IN FEDERAL COURT Those claiming they are subject to unconstitutional agency proceedings need not suffer through agency proceedings before bringing their claims to federal court. Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.15.2023 1:36 PM Federal Trade Commission DON'T GIVE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION A BIG BUDGET JUST TO PUNISH BIG FIRMS FTC Chair Lina Khan has an agenda that's against big companies, not for consumer well-being. Isaac Schick | 4.7.2023 12:35 PM Regulation FEDS WANT TO PENALIZE OVERLY COMPLICATED SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATIONS AT $50,000 A POP A government big enough to "solve" your minor irritants will do plenty of other stuff you don't like. Matt Welch | 3.31.2023 11:00 AM Reason Roundup THE FTC IS CLOSING IN ON AMAZON Plus: "No such thing" as a "harmless drag show" says university president, aggressive code enforcement in Florida, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.21.2023 9:30 AM Social Media FTC SEEKS NAMES OF ALL JOURNALISTS WITH WHOM MUSK SHARED TWITTER DOCUMENTS Plus: U.S. special forces seeks “next generation” deepfake tech, the economic cost of the PRO Act, and more… Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.8.2023 9:35 AM Antitrust FTC INVESTIGATING, BUT NOT THWARTING, AMAZON ACQUISITION OF ONE MEDICAL Since the Federal Trade Commission didn't sue in time, the deal went through. But will FTC Chair Lina Khan keep trying to attack Amazon for its bigness? Liz Wolfe | 2.23.2023 10:10 AM Federal Trade Commission FTC COMMISSIONER RESIGNS TO PROTEST AGENCY'S 'DISREGARD FOR THE RULE OF LAW' Chair Lina Khan has flouted the rule of law and due process, Commissioner Christine Wilson wrote. David McGarry | 2.16.2023 1:30 PM Federal Trade Commission FTC CHAIR'S ACTIVISM PROMPTS A COMMISSIONER TO RESIGN FTC Commissioner Christine WIlson is resigning from the Commission. (Updated) Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.14.2023 2:23 PM Technology THE FTC'S ANTITRUST RADICALS ARE REBUKED AGAIN IN FEDERAL COURT The FTC is trying to seize new powers to regulate the economy. David McGarry | 2.8.2023 3:35 PM Reason Roundup MORE CRACKS IN THE FTC'S AGGRESSIVE ANTITRUST PLANS, AS COURT REFUSES TO BAN META FROM BUYING V.R. FITNESS APP Plus: Trump teases new avenues of authoritarianism, interest rates raised again, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.2.2023 9:31 AM Housing Policy ELIZABETH WARREN, JAMAAL BOWMAN WANT TO GIVE LINA KHAN THE POWER TO IMPOSE RENT CONTROL ON THE WHOLE COUNTRY Warren and fellow progressive Democrats have asked President Joe Biden to use the FTC, HUD, or maybe the FHFA to impose nationwide rent control. Christian Britschgi | 1.18.2023 4:40 PM Federal Trade Commission THE FTC WANTS TO OUTLAW NONCOMPETE CLAUSES, BUT DOES IT HAVE THE AUTHORITY? The Commission's lone dissenter says Congress has not charged it with regulating noncompete clauses. David McGarry | 1.12.2023 12:14 PM Video Games THE FTC HAS NO BUSINESS TRYING TO STOP VIDEO GAME COMPANY MERGERS It’s one of the most competitive industries in the world, and there’s no good reason to stop Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard. Scott Shackford | 12.9.2022 2:25 PM Regulation THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION VS. THE INTERNET Data collection is not the same as surveillance. Jennifer Huddleston | 9.12.2022 2:30 PM Reason Roundup META CAN'T BUY V.R. FITNESS COMPANY, MUST MAKE ITS OWN COMPETING APP, SAYS FTC Plus: A rebranded "Build Back Better," the two-party system creates "a disconnect between elites and non-elites," and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.28.2022 9:54 AM Congress BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WANT TO BREAK UP BIG TECH. CONSUMERS WOULD PAY THE PRICE. Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love. Veronique de Rugy | 7.21.2022 5:00 PM Abortion ELIZABETH WARREN WANTS TO SHUT DOWN ALL OF THE COUNTRY'S CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS Doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional. Liz Wolfe | 7.14.2022 10:45 AM Politics ELIZABETH WARREN INTRODUCES PRICE-GOUGING BILL THAT FAILS TO DEFINE WHAT QUALIFIES AS PRICE GOUGING The bill would penalize companies for price gouging during times of war, public health emergencies, or natural disasters—which would have encompassed all of the last two years. Liz Wolfe | 5.13.2022 11:26 AM Reason Roundup FACEBOOK FACES FEDERAL MONOPOLY LAWSUIT AGAIN Plus: Warren versus grocery stores, Cruz versus the FBI, DOJ's new domestic terror unit, why so many people are quitting their jobs, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.12.2022 9:35 AM Gasoline BIDEN WANTS LOWER OIL PRICES AND LOWER OIL SUPPLY That's not how it works. Ronald Bailey | 11.23.2021 2:35 PM Administrative Law "ZOMBIE" VOTING AT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION The FTC is apparently taking actions based upon votes cast by a Commissioner who is no longer on the Commission. Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.11.2021 10:10 AM Occupational Licensing FTC DRILLS ALABAMA LICENSING BOARD FOR ANTI-COMPETITIVE SCHEME TARGETING TELEDENTISTRY The FTC challenged a licensing scheme that it says limited consumer choice and excluded new providers. Eric Boehm | 9.29.2021 2:10 PM Reason Roundup THE FTC FAILS TO PROVE FACEBOOK IS A MONOPOLY Plus: Retaliatory action in Syria, developments with the delta variant, Clarence Thomas on marijuana, and more... Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.29.2021 9:30 AM Reason Roundup FTC AND STATE PROSECUTORS JOIN ANTITRUST DOGPILE ON FACEBOOK Plus: Sexual misconduct at the FBI, Tulsi Gabbard and Mike Lee don't understand the First Amendment, and more... 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