The inaugural Anti-Monopoly Summit, convened in May in Washington, D.C., by the left-leaning nonprofit American Economic Liberties Project, was sold out; latecomers had to stand along the walls. The video that kicked off the event was the stuff of political campaign rallies. Loud, upbeat music played over footage of President Joe Biden signing executive orders aimed at promoting competition. Other members of his administration appeared too; prominently featured among them was Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission’s youngest-ever chair. Just six years earlier, Khan was a law school student writing controversial papers that took on corporate behemoths.

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