Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci advocate for rent control in Atlanta as a vital solution to combat housing affordability issues and economic inequality.
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In this issue, Open Markets policy counsel Tara Pincock — who helped write the original lawsuit against Google — discusses a potential breakup.
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Open Markets submitted a comment to the FTC calling for termination of a 2012 Coopharma consent order and urging the agency to endorse an exemption for employees, contractors and small firms that challenge concentrations of power.
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In this issue, we explore how Intel’s recent woes suggest that Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act was insufficient and recommend how the next administration must go further in investing in semiconductor manufacturing to protect the country’s national interest.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci was quoted criticizing corporations for protecting their control over management while unfairly blaming workers for issues caused by poor managerial decisions.
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In this issue, we report from the Virginia courthouse where the DOJ is laying out its case against Google for monopolization of ad tech. And we look at Europe’s fascinating debate on how to rebuild its economy.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci have co-written an article on the impact that unaffordable housing is having on regional and national economics, specifically high living cost areas, and what to do to fix the problem.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci notes that while some franchise owners may face challenges due to California's minimum wage increase for fast-food workers, the overall impact on the industry is expected to be minimal
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Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director, and Brian Callaci, chief economist co-authored a piece about judicial changes to antitrust law that has taken a more permissive approach to coercion and exploitation affecting worker wages.
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Open Markets’ legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci as spoke at an event hosted by the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative on Friday May 10th, 2024.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci praises members of the Starbucks Workers United for their courageous fight in the union campaign against the chain by demanding legal rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
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Open Markets’ chief economist Brian Callaci was quoted on an April wage hike for fast food workers in the state to $20 an hour.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci shares an opinion piece on the scaremongering tactics attempting to deter the legislation of banning of non-compete clauses in New York.
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Two new publications feature Open Markets writers and thinkers defining the ways in which President Biden’s economic policies represent a tremendous “sea change” for America's political economy, which shows early signs of generating shared prosperity and stronger, healthier democracies.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci gives his take on what the Biden administration aims to do differently though the realization of many inefficiencies in the current approach to economic policy.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci urge the DOJ and FTC to go further in limiting corporate mergers for the American economy’s benefit.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci wrote an op-ed calling on the Federal Trade Commission to support independent contractors working by banning contracts that exert employment-like control while depriving contractors of rights given to employees.
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