Morgan’s Monopoly Digest – October 2024
October, 2024 — August version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
Reforming the Utility System to Better Serve the American Public
September 26, 2024 — Amid growing recognition of the need to reform America’s electrical utility system to reduce consumer costs, improve reliability, and accelerate the transition to cleaner energy sources, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new white paper, with contributors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), outlining policy recommendations to reform investor-owned utilities. The paper, “Reforming the Utility System to Better Serve the American Public,” is the third installment of Economic Liberties’ Industrial Policy and Competition Series.
Morgan’s Monopoly Digest – August 2024
August, 2024 — August version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
A Call for .Com-petition: Reining in Verisign’s Monopoly Over the Internet’s Most Popular Top-Level Domain
July 25, 2024 — Verisign is the government-designated monopoly entitled to manage top-level domains across the internet, and it has turbocharged its profitability through an automatically renewing agreement that has, over the course of two decades, increased the price for registering or renewing a .com domain name by 70%, while the true costs of maintaining the .com TLD have likely fallen.
Morgan’s Monopoly Digest – July 2024
July, 2024 — July version of Economic Liberties' monthly newsletter that covers the latest with the federal antitrust agencies — the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division — and other big developments in competition policy.
Fact Sheet: Robinson-Patman Act enforcement will lower – not raise – prices for consumers and create a level playing field for businesses of all sizes
June 20, 2024 — In anticipation of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits for price discrimination in violation of the Robinson Patman Act (RPA), Economic Liberties prepared this fact sheet. This document provides an overview of the RPA and the impacts of lax enforcement, busts industry-backed myths, and highlights how reinvigorating the law will provide a powerful tool to tackle the power of middleman predators like Walmart.