Antitrust
L.A. mayor Karen Bass says you can defeat NIMBYism by building less
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' persistent cowardice on housing. The Department of Justice's antitrust settlement with…
Meta’s victory over the Federal Trade Commission shows the market moves faster than antitrust enforcement
The federal government's yearslong case to label Meta a monopoly ended on Tuesday when a federal court ruled in favor of the tech giant. The ruling sets the important precedent that the current market in which a dominant…
Many people enjoy digital content abundance despite occasional overload
"What if people appreciate having an abundance of content and communication, more than they feel overloaded by it?" Rasmus Klein Nielsen, a communication professor at the University of Copenhagen, recently asked on…
How Lina Khan is busy striving to maximize Zohran Mamdani’s power
Lina Khan has quickly thrown water on any hopes that she might be a benign force on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team. The former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair suggested in a recent…
Trump accuses meat packers of ‘criminally profiting’ off Americans
American families are paying significantly more for beef at the checkout counter—over 75 cents per pound more in September than they were in January. President Donald Trump thinks he has a plan to solve these higher prices:…
Lina Khan joins Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. That’s a bad sign for NYC.
Fresh off of trouncing competitors like former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in this week's election, future New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his transition team. One name stands out as an especially…
Live Nation’s and Ticketmaster’s merger isn’t to blame for high prices—you are
Thanks to federal antitrust enforcers, it could soon become harder for you to see your favorite band live. On Monday, Live Nation announced that it will no longer allow ticket brokers to have multiple Ticketmaster accounts…
Bari Weiss is powerful, establishment media is not
If CBS News staffers are throwing fits of apoplexy over the announcement that Bari Weiss will be their new overlord, they are mostly doing so in private. A few have leaked to other media reporters that the general sentiment…
The Ryder Cup was a cakewalk—until America let all of Europe play
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Make no mistake, this week you should put your feet up (or take an after-work stroll, which is fine too). It's Ryder Cup week, and this refocused golf fan is more…
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