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Book Event: Democracy in Power by Sandeep Vaheesan
Books
Book Event: Democracy in Power by Sandeep Vaheesan
Books

Join us on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:00 PM at the National Press Club as we launch legal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s new book.

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Books
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The Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Urges DOJ to Break Google’s Search Monopoly and Address AI Risks 
Testimony & Comment Letters, Press Releases
The Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Urges DOJ to Break Google’s Search Monopoly and Address AI Risks 
Testimony & Comment Letters, Press Releases

The Center for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute submitted a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, advocating for decisive action to dismantle Google’s monopoly over online search and search text advertising.

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Testimony & Comment Letters, Press Releases
LPE Project - Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
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LPE Project - Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
Op-Eds

Policy counsel Tara Pincock calls for stricter enforcement to ensure that executives face consequences, deterring price-fixing in the future.

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Op-Eds
CounterPunch - It’s Not Too Late to Stop the Monopolization of AI
Op-Eds
CounterPunch - It’s Not Too Late to Stop the Monopolization of AI
Op-Eds

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and Europe director Max von Thun co-author an article warning that the monopolization of AI by a few powerful corporations threatens innovation and democracy, urging immediate action to regulate and democratize the technology for the public good.

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What We Do

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Shining a light on monopoly power and its dangers to democracy.

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LPE Project - Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
Open Markets
LPE Project - Is Anyone Afraid of Breaking The Price-Fixing Laws Anymore?
Open Markets

Policy counsel Tara Pincock calls for stricter enforcement to ensure that executives face consequences, deterring price-fixing in the future.

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Open Markets
CounterPunch - It’s Not Too Late to Stop the Monopolization of AI
Open Markets
CounterPunch - It’s Not Too Late to Stop the Monopolization of AI
Open Markets

Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and Europe director Max von Thun co-author an article warning that the monopolization of AI by a few powerful corporations threatens innovation and democracy, urging immediate action to regulate and democratize the technology for the public good.

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Open Markets
ProMarket - The EU’s Next Competition Commissioner Must Set Out Her Vision for Change
Max von Thun
ProMarket - The EU’s Next Competition Commissioner Must Set Out Her Vision for Change
Max von Thun

Europe director Max von Thon urges the EU’s next Competition Commissioner to take bold action against corporate monopolies, especially in digital markets, and to establish a clear vision for fostering fair competition and innovation.

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The Corner Newsletter: The US Election and US Democracy (November 8, 2024)
The Corner Newsletter: The US Election and US Democracy (November 8, 2024)

In this issue,  we look at the lessons of the U.S. presidential election, and some next steps. We also explore how the EU’s AI strategy might concentrate even more power in the hands of Big Tech.

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The Corner Newsletter: October 25, 2024
The Corner Newsletter: October 25, 2024

In this issue,  we look at Amazon’s failure to evade any of the three antitrust lawsuits that target its monopoly manipulation of prices across the internet. 

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The Corner Newsletter: October 11, 2024
The Corner Newsletter: October 11, 2024

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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Fixing the Information Crisis Before It's Too Late (For Democracy)
Fixing the Information Crisis Before It's Too Late (For Democracy)
Children Before Profits: Private Equity in Child Care
Children Before Profits: Private Equity in Child Care
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LPE Project - Democracy in Power with Sandeep Vaheesan
LPE Project - Democracy in Power with Sandeep Vaheesan
American Constitution Society - What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?
American Constitution Society - What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?
 
 

Exclusive Report Series

AMAZON’S PERVASIVE SURVEILLANCE

Amazon is a surveillance corporation, first and foremost. Surveillance of all parties—from workers to competitors to consumers—is a fundamental aspect of the corporation’s operations. It uses invasive surveillance tactics to enable and facilitate its predatory conduct and fortify its monopoly power. Our “Eyes Everywhere” two-part report series, illustrates the dangers of Amazon’s worker surveillance, Amazon’s competitor and consumer surveillance, and the solutions available.

 
 
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What They’re Saying

Testimonials

“A tiny nonprofit that’s becoming a lightning rod for growing anger and frustration with Big Tech in America.”

-Quartz

“Open Markets is doing revolutionary and essential work when monopoly looms over American life.”

- VICE

“The Open Markets group led by Lynn contains many of the most respected voices in an increasingly prominent discussion about technology and telecom monopolies, and its findings about corporate consolidation and monopolistic power have been extremely influential in turning antitrust into an important policy issue.”

- New York Magazine

“There have been few think tank teams as effective as Barry Lynn’s [and the Open Market Institute’s].”

- The Atlantic

“The whole idea of a think tank is to cultivate ideas that have an actual impact on The Debate. Barry Lynn [and the Open Markets Institute] has done that better than anyone.”

- Chris Hayes, MSNBC

“The past couple of years have seen a resurgence of political interest in antitrust policy, which is increasingly seen as a potential solution to America’s current dilemma of high corporate profits and slow economic growth…It’s fair to say that the primary intellectual mover behind all of this has been Barry Lynn [and the Open Markets Institute].”

- Vox

“It's difficult to overstate Mr. Lynn’s [and Open Market Institute’s] influence in raising concerns about the market dominance of Google, as well as other tech companies such as Amazon and Facebook.”

- The New York Times

 

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