A Review of My Favorite 2021 Publications
Hi everyone,
I wrote some of the work I am most proud of this year. I want to take a moment to (re)share some of my favorite pieces.
In a piece I co-authored with Beth Brodsky for Common Dreams, we showed that the FCC actively tries to ignore the effects of broadcast ownership for women & minorities & previous structural policies were effective at increasing their broadcast ownership.
I updated a report I co-wrote from September 2020 for the Open Markets Institute and show that Amazon is relentless at instituting broad and pervasive worker surveillance policies that disempower workers and make their lives miserable.
In a piece I wrote in Noema Magazine, I explain how President Biden can use the vast administrative apparatus of the federal government to institute policies that advance a green agenda and that are also anti-monopoly focused.
In an op-ed I wrote for The Reboot, I explained how the efforts to reform Section230, while sorely needed, are better served at implementing a broad anti-monopoly agenda first.
In an op-ed I wrote for the Washington Monthly, I explain how antitrust litigation and remedies can be used to enact compulsory licensing on Google’s search index and the benefits such a policy would have.
In an article I wrote for Slate, I explain how proposed antitrust legislation must include bright-line rules. Such a policy would be fairer and limit the role of the judiciary. Without clear rules, Congress will be wasting its time.
In a paper I wrote in Competition Policy International, I explain how the Sherman Act was passed by Congress to enact fair competition and how self-preferencing can violate section 2 of the Sherman Act.
In a paper I wrote for the Open Markets Institute, I explain Amazon’s pervasive competitor and consumer surveillance and how our public institution must enact clear restrictions on Amazon’s conduct to create a fair marketplace.
In an op-ed I wrote for Democracy Journal, I explain how contracts such as noncompetes, arbitration clauses, TRAs, and exclusive deals need clear limitations and prohibitions in order to create a fair marketplace for consumers, workers, and small businesses.
In an article I wrote for ProMarket, I explain how exclusive deals have been a routinely used tool of monopolization by dominant firms for more than 150 years and how our public institutions must enact clear prohibitions on these types of contracts.
In Democracy Journal, I wrote an article explaining how Congress must enact a federal chartering law to truly wrangle corporate power in America. Corporate law has been in the hands of the individual states for far too long.
I have lots of stuff I am working on for 2022. Next year is really looking like it will be just as exciting to tackle corporate power and to continue to fight for a fair economy for workers, consumers, and small businesses.
I will always be eternally grateful for those that support my work and the Open Markets Institute, which allows me to work with some of the most brilliant and dedicated people I have ever met.
Happy Holidays.
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