In Out of Many, One, a new anthology from American Futures spotlighting the thinkers shaping tomorrow’s democracy, Barry Lynn offers a deeply historical and philosophical argument: the battle against monopoly and autocracy is not just economic or political—it is also moral and even spiritual.
Read MoreMax von Thun applauds a new report on tech algorithms and misinformation from the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan has published a book review of Brett Christophers’ book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.
Read MoreChief economist Brian Callaci co-authors a piece arguing that while rent control is effective at stabilizing rents and preventing displacement, it must be paired with increased housing supply, zoning reform, and public investment to meaningfully address the housing crisis.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute condemns the FCC for abusing its regulatory power to dismantle diversity programs and silence press freedom, calling it a dangerous politicization of antitrust authority.
Read MoreFood systems program manager Claire Kelloway contributes to the debate that rural economic decline is not inevitable but the result of policy failures—particularly weakened antitrust enforcement—and calls for state-level action to restore competition through right-to-repair laws, fair grocery pricing, and stronger healthcare merger reviews.
Read MoreCJL Director Courtney Radsch explains how Cloudflare's new policy to block AI crawlers by default and introduce a monetized marketplace for AI access marks a significant shift in web infrastructure, offering publishers more control and compensation but also raising concerns about the centralization of power and potential market dominance by Cloudflare.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute warns that the European Commission's Cloud and AI Development Act will fail to achieve its goals unless it directly addresses the dominance of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google in the cloud computing market, advocating for regulatory reforms to ensure fair competition and digital sovereignty in Europe.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya argues that Microsoft’s move to consolidate control over search data, AI, and cloud services by shutting down Bing Search APIs and tying access to Azure risks stifling competition and entrenching its dominance in the AI and search markets.
Read MoreIn this issue, we look at how Microsoft is exploiting its control over Bing search data to force adoption of its cloud services and AI systems.
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