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October 03, 2024

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Anti-MonopolyLaborRevolving DoorTech

The Harris Campaign Doesn't Need Adam Kovacevich's Advice

In addition to his litany of Big Tech connections and friendship with far right Senator Tom Cotton, Kovacevich began his political career as a Harvard undergrad successfully fighting a grape boycott organized by labor unions. Around the same time, his family’s non-union grape farm was fined thousands of dollars by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration for “serious violations.”

October 02, 2024

Andrea Beaty

Blog Post Anti-MonopolyCorporate CrackdownFTC

In Spite Of Limited Resources, FTC Keeps Calling Out Would-Be Oil Price Fixers

FTC Chair Lina Khan has explicitly called for more resources to investigate oil and gas mergers, as current funding and staffing levels are forcing the agency to “make difficult decisions” on how to pursue enforcement in oil and gas markets. How many more anti-competitive business practices could the agency unveil with more time and funding?

September 24, 2024

KJ Boyle

Blog Post Anti-MonopolyEconomic MediaFTC

Khan’s Prime-Time Interview Dispels Corporate America’s Concerns Raised By Lesley Stahl

On Lina Khan’s 60 Minutes interview with CBS’s Lesley Stahl, the FTC Chair told the nation about the agency’s many successes during the Biden administration. They discussed successful FTC’s actions to bring down inhaler, insulin and other drug costs, pending lawsuits against Amazon and other Big Tech giants, and Khan’s chilling effect on corporate willingness to pursue anti-competitive mergers. While Stahl espoused corporate America’s ‘fear’ of Khan’s leadership, the FTC Chair proudly stood by the agency’s actions to protect Americans from corporate monopolies.