I’m generally pretty quiet on here, but today is my last day today at American Economic Liberties Project. I’m happy to say that I will be starting this summer as an assistant professor at BU Political Science. Really excited to joint such great colleagues and such a great department!

New American Economic Liberties Project white paper, featured to today’s WaPo UnitedHealth story.

I address health care’s new frontier of consolidation: insurance companies gobbling up medical practices, pharmacies, & much more—fueled by tidal shifts in financing and regulatory policy.

Wonky 🧵👇

🚨BIG: A HUGE coalition of 52 advocacy groups sent a joint comment letter to the FTC yesterday in support of its proposed ban on junk fees.

Whether it's rental housing or concert tickets, it's time get rid of junk fees once and for all.

Our statement👇
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Commerce Dept is expected to award a huge round of CHIPS Act funding soon, likely going to Intel + TSMC —both in the top 10 for foundries.

A new paper by American Economic Liberties Project looks at how to best use the funds to reshore and de-concentrate chips markets
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Great Luke Goldstein piece on a new American Economic Liberties Project paper laying out competition guardrails to successfully achieve the vision of the CHIPS Act. A resilient competitive semiconductor industry is fundamental for other markets like AI being open &competitive
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Today, Erik Peinert, Daniel Rangel and I are releasing our American Economic Liberties Project paper on the CHIPS Act.

The original #semiconductor supply chain problems were the result of anticompetitive practices in a highly concentrated industry.

U.S. Commerce Dept. needs to go beyond resiliency and…

1/9 US airlines are broken. It's something I hear every day from doctors, accountants, barbers, boxing coaches. Everyone knows something is wrong with air travel. American Economic Liberties Project decided to think big. So we partnered with Ganesh Sitaraman on big solutions.
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2023 was a critical year in the fight against pharma’s improper Orange Book patent listings.

Here’s a look back at some of the major moments throughout the year. ⤵️

Today FORTUNE published an inaccurate piece about the FTC in which Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his co-author allege that FTC Chair Khan has a 'zero-win record' in court. This is completely wrong, but a great chance to clarify the facts with a thread 🧵1/9

FTC files amicus brief outlining anticompetitive harm caused by improper Orange Book listings: bit.ly/47Lfu1f

'consider selecting nominees with backgrounds in antitrust law that have worked in antitrust law outside of the corporate defense context.'

Letter from Rep. Pramila Jayapal and others urging the Biden admin to look at judicial nominees antitrust records. 👏
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Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge American Economic Liberties Project Elizabeth Warren Rep. Pramila Jayapal FTC “The Costs of Pharma Cheating” by Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge and American Economic Liberties Project: economicliberties.us/wp-content/upl…

FTC challenges 100+ improper Orange Book patent listings: ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

.Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge & American Economic Liberties Project explained exactly how pharma leverages sham Orange Book patent listings in our May report. Then we explained what needs to be done about it.

Since then we’ve seen Elizabeth Warren & Rep. Pramila Jayapal call out the problem and now we’re seeing FTC take action.

“The President is a pro-worker president. M&A is bad for workers and good for capital--anytime you see something bad for workers and good for capital, the President is against it.”

Jim Cramer says the quiet part out loud!

Kroger-Albertsons hurts shoppers, bizes & producers throughout the food ecosystem. Grocery workers could lose $300M in annual wages.

On Nov 14, tune in to our discussion w/ a coalition of UFCW Int'l & Locals on why FTC
must #StopTheMerger .

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In September, Erik Peinert and Morgan Harper applauded the FTC's policy statement condemning sham Orange Book patent listings for The Hill.

Worth revisiting their analysis today, as the agency delivers on that policy by challenging 100+ sham patents.👇
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I wrote about the United Auto Workers strike and the deal to re-open the Belvidere Assembly Plant, less than a year after it was idled.

It's a story about how labor is taking back control from financiers, empowering workers & learning to build again. /🧵 thebignewsletter.com/p/labor-unions…

🚨TODAY: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is testifying in U.S. v. Google -- the most important antitrust trial of the century.

Here's a full rundown of what we know and what we might expect from his testimony.

Read it here.⬇️
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