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The Anti-Consumer Origins of Anti-Trust Law
Historian Jim Powell explains, in FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression: Considering how passionately New Dealers condemned monopolies, it’s curious...
Time to Overhaul Outdated Video Regulations: TF & ICLE File Joint Comments with Senate Commerce Committee
TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics have filed joint comments in response to questions from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
Sprint acquiring T-Mobile runs risk of “regulatory contagion,” says TF’s Jon Henke
Sprint, America’s #3 wireless provider, is attempting to buy T-Mobile, the industry’s fourth-largest player. It’s unclear if regulators will approve the deal, but they’re certainly...
FTC: Technology & Reform Project Launches 12/16 with Conference keynoted by Commissioner Wright
As it begins its hundredth year, the FTC is increasingly becoming the Federal Technology Commission. The agency’s role in regulating data security, privacy, the Internet...
5 Rules for Antitrust in a High-Tech World
Former FTC chair Tim Muris nailed it back in 2010: Be wary of competitor complaints. When a competitor tells government that its rival acts unfairly,...
FTC must limit competition authority, Congressional Judiciary leadership urges
Senators Chuck Grassley and Mike Lee and Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Spencer Bachus just sent a strongly worded letter to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez insisting...