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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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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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley analyzes the ways in which antitrust enforcement plays a role in the structure of fair market competition.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the case of Illumina v. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the Fifth Circuit to deny a petition for review in the case.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci co-author a working paper on No-Poaching Restrictions and the impact had Worker Earnings.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci co-author a report that examines how the Chicago School revolution in antitrust contributed to the growth of franchising, gig work, and other fissured arrangements across the U.S. economy.
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The Open Markets Institute legal director Sandeep Vaheesan led a release of the following Amicus Brief regarding the illegal and deceptive work practices of Amazon, backing The District of Columbia’s appeal of their dismissed lawsuit.
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The Open Markets Institute executive director Barry Lynn released the following statement on the Department of Justice’s intent to bring suit against Google parent company, Alphabet, over its monopolization of digital advertising.
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Executive director Barry Lynn publishes an explanatory article in the Washington Monthly on supply chains within the Biden Administration’s international policies and chokepoint strategy.
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The Open Markets Institute executive director Barry Lynn featured his piece in the Washington Monthly laying out the next steps for the United States on industrial policy, to liberate from shackles of corporate monopolization.
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Policy Director Phillip Longman puts out a publication on how discounting led to inflation, shortages, and inequality.
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The Open Markets Institute Policy Director Phillip Longman explains why political demand is growing for renewed enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act.
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The Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released the following statement applauding the FTC’s decision to propose a ban on non-compete clauses and functionally similar contracts for all workers.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes his comments with other antitrust experts regarding the FTC’s most recent policy statement on competition.
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In this issue, we discuss how the misinterpretation of common carriage law by conservative courts threatens social media networks’ ability to de-platform users spreading misinformation in a case now headed to the Supreme Court.
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In this issue, we explore how a monopolized railroad industry damages the economy, abuses workers, and disrupts efforts to cut carbon emissions.
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In this issue, we explore Amazon’s rapidly growing online advertising business, fueled by its cloud services monopoly and already threatening traditional players Google and Facebook.
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