Reporter Austin Ahlman discusses the court ruling against Google’s ad-tech monopoly being a major win for journalism and the open internet.
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Open Markets and the Center for Journalism and Liberty respond to a U.S. court ruling that Google maintains a monopoly over digital advertising markets.
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CJL director Courtney Radsch argues that democracies can curb the rise of tech-powered authoritarianism by holding billionaires like Trump and Musk accountable through regulation and antitrust laws.
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Transportation analyst Arnav Rao argues that while Elon Musk's push to privatize Amtrak grabs headlines, the real threat to U.S. passenger rail is the unchecked power of freight rail monopolies.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement on the April 14 decision by a federal jury to convict a Las Vegas executive for participating in a three-year conspiracy to fix the wages for home healthcare nurses.
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Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun penned an op-ed with former MEP Marietje Schaake on what has become a critical moment for European policy towards Big Tech - and how Europe can seize it.
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Transportation analyst Arnav Rao touches on Amtrak’s failures are less about government inefficiency and more the result of corporate monopolies, financialization, and political sabotage.
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In this issue, we look at the new antimonopoly caucus in the House, and examine how monopoly and Wall Street power keeps Amtrak off track, denying better train service to Americans across the country.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley contends that state antimonopoly enforcement should aggressively target concentrated corporate power—especially in sectors like Big Tech and housing—to protect democratic institutions and economic liberty amid weakening federal oversight.
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Chief Economist Brian Callaci testified at the Portland (OR) City Council in support of a proposed ban on algorithmic price-fixing in the city’s housing market.
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Food systems program manager Claire Kelloway explores how the recent rise in egg prices is driven not just by factors like bird flu, but also by corporate greedflation and the price of conventional eggs is affected due to both the bird flu and potential corporate collusion manipulating the market.
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Open Markets Institute signed onto a letter expressing concerns that trade negotiations could undermine UK parliamentary sovereignty and democracy, particularly in relation to regulations like the Online Safety Act and the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act.
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EU tech policy fellow Michille Nie examines the growing control of undersea internet cables by Big Tech companies and the urgent need for regulatory and policy interventions to ensure fair access and security.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci argues that large fast-food corporations exert strict control over franchisees, imposing fees and operational constraints that, coupled with wage increases, financially strain both franchise owners and workers.
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In this issue, we explore underseas cables and who controls this critical infrastructure amid Meta’s proposal to build the world’s longest.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan delivers a clear-eyed response to the abundance agenda, pointing readers to a better approach that he has explored extensively.
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Open Markets submitted a letter advocating for the Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act to level the playing field for independent grocers by curbing discriminatory pricing practices from large retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
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Senior reporter Karina Montoya argues that dismantling Google’s search monopoly requires structural changes, such as divesting Chrome which would break its interdependencies with Android, and implementing public oversight on its AI investments, to restore competition and prevent further market entrenchment.
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