Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s article in The George Washington Law Review argues that reviving the principle of nondomination in antitrust law is essential to curbing corporate coercion and empowering workers.
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In this issue, we celebrate OMI’s own Claire Kelloway for receiving a James Beard Award for her reporting and examine how a case against two pharmacy benefit managers in Michigan could have implications for the industry nationwide.
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The Open Markets Institute proudly celebrates Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway who was awarded a James Beard Foundation Media Award for her incisive reporting for the Food & Environment Reporting Network in their “Farm Bill Fight” series published in Mother Jones.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci discusses the Abundance Agenda’s faith in deregulation and private capital is misguided, and that achieving true prosperity requires robust public investment, labor protections, and democratic control over economic decision-making.
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Senior reporter Karina Montoya reflects on the end of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing the online search market. She argues that Google’s warnings against divestiture of its browser, Chrome, fall short and that a breakup will benefit the security of the internet, innovation, and users.
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CJL director Courtney Radsch discussed on an IBA podcast how billionaires like Elon Musk are shaping public narratives on social media, warning of the threats to democracy and the need to protect independent journalism.
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In this issue, we spotlight our seminal report on how to fix America’s shipbuilding crisis, Charting a New Course: Steering U.S. Maritime Policy Towards Security and Prosperity. We also explore how Apple’s development of its own modem chip illustrates why we need more aggressive antitrust. And we link to two new articles, that detail how liberal democrats can retake power and rebuild a democratic republic.
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Senior reporter Daniel Hanley argues that while Apple’s development of the C1 modem chip demonstrates technological innovation, it also reveals the immense challenges of competing with Qualcomm’s monopolistic dominance, making a compelling case for stronger antitrust enforcement to promote open competition and prevent the concentration of power in the hands of a few dominant firms.
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Reporter Austin Ahlman argues that while the corporate pullback from Pride events poses financial challenges, it also presents a chance to reclaim Pride from corporate co-optation and restore its radical, community-driven roots.
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The Open Markets Institute led a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson urging him to vigorously defend the agency’s 2024 rule banning non-compete clauses. The letter, signed by 16 other organizations including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Strategic Organizing Center, presents the statutory authority, historical precedent, and extensive economic evidence underpinning the rule.
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Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun released a statement on historic actions for EU competition enforcement.
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The Washington Monthly published a timely cover story by Phillip Longman, which challenges the dominant political narratives about how to rebuild America's industrial strength, arguing that both Republican and Democratic strategies miss a crucial, historically-proven ingredient: market-shaping regulation.
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In a powerful essay published in The Washington Monthly, Barry Lynn calls on Democrats to chart a bold new course by recovering the foundational American language of liberty, shared power, and economic democracy — the very principles that once made the Democratic Party a champion of the working class and protector of the republic.
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Director of Europe & Transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun published an essay in Musk, Power, and the EU: Can EU Law Tackle the Challenges of Unchecked Plutocracy?, warning that Europe’s reliance on U.S. tech giants like Elon Musk’s companies threatens its sovereignty and democracy, and calls for bold, unified EU action to reclaim control and enforce democratic digital governance.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and industrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon provide insight that to achieve democratic and resilient economies during periods of transition, governments must integrate competition policy into industrial strategy to prevent monopolies, curb corporate resistance to change, and ensure broad, equitable market outcomes.
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The Open Markets Institute submitted feedback to the European Commission’s Democracy Shield initiative, urging action against Big Tech’s concentrated power as a major threat to democratic institutions and information systems.
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A report by transportation policy analyst Arnav Rao and corresponding feature article in The Atlantic, exposes alarming decline in U.S. Maritime power and how to build it back.
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CJL Director Courtney Radsch joined the League of Women Voters series to discuss how Big Tech, AI, and media market concentration threaten journalism and democracy in the digital age.
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