Europe director Max von Thun coauthored an article warning that the UK, as well as regulators around the world, needed to more effectively legislate the emerging AI space, rather than let Big Tech firms take the lead.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci shares an opinion piece on the scaremongering tactics attempting to deter the legislation of banning of non-compete clauses in New York.
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Open Markets submits a public comment to the U.S. Copyright Office on copyright and artificial intelligence.
Two new publications feature Open Markets writers and thinkers defining the ways in which President Biden’s economic policies represent a tremendous “sea change” for America's political economy, which shows early signs of generating shared prosperity and stronger, healthier democracies.
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The Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Biden Administration’s newly-announced executive order on artificial intelligence (AI).
In this issue, we explore the recently passed California Delete Act, aimed at curbing the rampant and invasive collection and sale of personal data by so-called data brokers. Open Markets also filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to put an end to a century-old baseball antitrust exemption.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci gives his take on what the Biden administration aims to do differently though the realization of many inefficiencies in the current approach to economic policy.
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Director of Europe & transatlantic partnerships Max von Thun talks about the progression of a deal between leading AI startup Anthropic and Amazon.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the case
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The Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on Chevron & Hess Oil.
Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley publishes a piece regarding appalling working conditions for laborers and which states are considering changes to transform each industry.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan analyzes the lens of sociologist Jakob Feinig on challenging the dominant view of money as a scarce commodity and how this aligns with the role of President FDR and the New Deal.
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A new report by chef Kiki Louya, published by the Open Markets Institute, examines the peanut industry, where farmer-owned cooperatives like Premium Peanut have seen great success taking on the giant shelling monopolies, and explores how other farmers might use cooperatives to circumvent monopolists.
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The Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement regarding the Biden Administration, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) taking decisive action to curb junk fees across the economy.
Food systems program manager Claire Kelloway co-wrote a piece covering the C&S divestiture take down of the Kroger - Albertsons merger.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a piece with former OMI Louis Brandeis Fellow, Andy Fitch, discussing how the limited resources available for federal judges when facing antitrust trials can result in misleading verdicts for the defendants.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan discusses antitrust exceptions in baseball, which permits baseball to collude against minor-league players and cap their salaries at poverty levels, while arbitrarily denying teams to cities and towns. The article furthers the potential overturning of this clause by the Supreme Court.
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