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Biden Executive Order Marks Important Win for Movement to Protect Workers, Farming Communities, Exporters, and Our Nation’s Security from Monopoly Power

The Open Markets Institute releases a statement celebrating a White House executive order on competition policy aimed at breaking the power of monopolists and calling for a multitude of actions that Open Markets pioneered over the years.

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Open Markets Institute Publishes Report Laying Out How USDA Must Rebuild Food System Resiliency

Open Markets Institute published, “Building Food Systems Resiliency Through Different Business Scales and Forms,” a report, originally submitted in response to a USDA request for comments, discussing how to improve regulation of agriculture markets to ensure fair competition and to counterbalance predatory corporate consolidation.

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New Open Markets Financial Policy Director, Alexis Goldstein, to Testify Tomorrow on Systemic Risks of Cryptocurrency at House Subcommittee Hearing

Alexis Goldstein, Open Markets Institute’s Director of Financial Policy, will testify Wednesday, June 29, at 10:00 a.m. ET at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “America on “FIRE”: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?

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Open Markets’ Barry Lynn Publishes “Antimonopoly Power” in Foreign Affairs

Open Markets Institute executive director Barry Lynn published a feature article in Foreign Affairs that details how the United States can use traditional antimonopoly principles to establish a simple quota system designed to “shock proof” international systems, strengthen democracy, and rebuild a liberal world order.

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Open Markets Applauds New Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Big Tech as Important First Step

Open Markets Institute applauds the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee for introducing a group of bipartisan bills today aiming to implement recommendations set forth in the subcommittee’s October 2020 report as a big step forward in protecting American democracy and American liberty from the power and control of platform monopolists.

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