Posts tagged July 2025
New Anthology Features Barry Lynn’s Call to Defend Democracy by Reclaiming the Radical Roots of Liberty

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.

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The States Forum - Fair Markets for Rural America

Food 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.

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Tech Policy Press - Cloudflare Wades into the Battle Over AI Consent and Compensation

CJL 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.

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Open Markets Submits Recommendations on Cloud and AI Development Act, Urges EU to Break Big Tech’s Cloud Monopoly 

The 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.

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