OpenMarket: Antitrust and Competition

The 30,000-foot view of the net neutrality debate is much like every other policy question; do you want private entities in a marketplace in charge or do you want...

AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner reportedly hit a snag with the Department of Justice, and some wonder whether Trump’s hatred of CNN is to blame. Ironically, many of the...

Last week Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) gave a speech to an Open Markets Institute panel and wrote in The Guardian that he not only wants to preserve government regulation of Internet service providers, but also...

Earlier this week, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Keith Noreika, reignited one of the most hotly debated topics in financial regulation: the separation of banking and commerce. The doctrine...

UPDATE: On Thursday, September 28, President Trump waived the Jones Act for Puerto Rico for 10 days.

The devastation of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria continues to unfold, with the...

Economic growth needs to be increased from its current sluggish rate. Growth was 1.6% per year under Obama, compared to 3.5% under Reagan and 2.1% under George W. Bush. In the first quarter of 2017, it was just...

We have been saying for a while that ridesharing platforms like Lyft are different from traditional transportation firms, not just in the technology they use, but in the basic...