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Open Markets Institute
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We are a group of journalists & scholars in policy & economics working at the vanguard of antimonopoly to achieve victories that empower everyone.
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    Jul 13
    The 12 states challenging the Paramount-WB merger are not only standing up against Hollywood consolidation – they’re taking on a fight against corruption and oligarchy. They're defending the free press and, ultimately, our democracy. 🧵 From OMI Exec. Director Barry Lynn:
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    Rob Bonta
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    Jul 13
    The unlawful merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. would lead to higher prices, lower quality, and less film and television content—harming the entertainment industry and audiences alike. We’re going to court to stop it.
    Attorney General Rob Bonta in front of the Hollywood Sign
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Nov 19, 2020
    A helpful chart.
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Apr 3, 2024
    A shrinking number of giant multinational corporations wield tremendous power over the foods we grow, buy, and consume in America. We've joined @Participant & partners to premiere "Food, Inc. 2" & launch a critical impact campaign to address the problem participant.com/campaign/food-…
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Jul 28, 2021
    Replying to @openmarkets
    Here's @RepAOC on the loophole that allows family offices to avoid disclosing their size, portfolio, and leverage. ⇘
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Mar 7, 2023
    Looking for a prime example of how monopoly chips away at our democracy every day? Gigi Sohn is a longtime, dedicated champion of a freer & fairer internet & a generally wonderful person. She would have been fantastic at the FCC.
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    More Perfect Union
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    Mar 7, 2023
    BREAKING: Biden FCC nominee Gigi Sohn has withdrawn her nomination following massive industry lobbying. AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast ran a ruthless campaign to kill Sohn's nomination because she supports net neutrality and low-cost broadband.
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Jul 28, 2021
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    20 of the 25 richest Americans pay little to no taxes using the advantages and lack of transparency in family offices. Not OK!!! Absolute fire 🔥🔥🔥 from @AOC⇘ openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/f…
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    Nov 28, 2023
    Capitalism without rules often results in theft, to paraphrase one of our allies, @SenWarren. Like Big Banks charging us far more 💰 in overdraft fees than the costs they incur from them. @CFPB @chopracfpb will have a new rule soon to crack down.
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    US Targets Banks’ Billions of Dollars in Overdraft Fees
    A top US consumer watchdog is preparing to make it much harder for banks to charge clients overdraft fees — setting up a clash with financial firms over billions of dollars in annual revenue.
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Aug 14, 2025
    Pro-monopoly & pro-concentration of corporate power & control. Those are the policies the Trump admin has espoused in firing fair competition enforcers and revoking an executive order to revitalize fair competition across markets. And prices are still sky high. No surprise.
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    More Perfect Union
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    Aug 14, 2025
    This is the Biden executive order Trump just overturned.
    This order affirms that it is the policy of my Administration to enforce the antitrust laws to combat the excessive concentration of industry, the abuses of market power, and the harmful effects of monopoly and monopsony — especially as these issues arise in labor markets, agricultural markets, Internet platform industries, healthcare markets (including insurance, hospital, and prescription drug markets), repair markets, and United States markets directly affected by foreign cartel activity.
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Jan 26, 2021
    Amazon during a pandemic: - Won't spend $ to increase worker wages more than 6% - Won't spend $ to shell out for better health benefits Also Amazon during a pandemic: - Spends ~18 MILLION DOLLARS on lobbying D.C.
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    Sep 16, 2024
    NEW / Coming to your screens tomorrow (previewed by @semaforben): Barry Lynn penned @Harpers October cover story on the progress of our antitrust revolution and the radical changes still needed in order to preserve liberal democracy.
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    Feb 15, 2023
    TODAY at 9:30 AM ET: @SenWarren, @JusticeATR's Jonathan Kanter, @ayadakhtar, @FlyingWithSara, @rashadrobinson, @zingales, @Rob_Weissman & more join our conference on the power of antimonopoly. #RebuildDemocracy #StopMonopolies  Tune in: openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/t…
    TODAY at 9:30 AM ET join our event with @SenWarren, @JusticeATR's Jonathan Kanter, @ayadakhtar, @FlyingWithSara, @rashadrobinson, @zingales, @Rob_Weissman & more join our conference on the power of antimonopoly. #RebuildDemocracy #StopMonopolies
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Oct 8, 2024
    NEW TODAY: @USDA just released a critical interim report exposing all the anticompetitive & exclusionary tactics that new meatpackers are up against: slotting fees, opaque accrual fees, category captains, & kickbacks. 🧵 1/4 @clairekelloway weighs in:
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    Latest Competition Progress at USDA Highly Informed by Open Markets Scholarship — Open Markets...
    Open Markets Institute Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway weighed in on the USDA’s latest actions to improve fair competition in food and agriculture -- actions heavily informed by Open Markets'...
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Apr 12, 2024
    #FoodInc2 shows how industries like meat processing & baby formula have dramatically consolidated in our lifetimes, putting workers & consumers at risk. It also showcases real solutions: like robust antitrust & labor law enforcement. Give it a watch.
    “Food, Inc. 2,” directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, begins by describing how the last few years have shown the risks of letting a handful of mega-suppliers dominate the market.
    ‘Food, Inc. 2’ Review: A Second Course (Published 2024)
    From nytimes.com
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    Open Markets Institute
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    Dec 2, 2019
    NEW REPORT: The Role of #Hospital Monopolies in America’s Health Care Crisis presents insights into how the astronomically high cost of health care in the U.S. is a result of increasing corporate concentration of #hospital ownership. Read it here: openmarketsinstitute.org/releases/new-r…
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