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Wed, Jul 28th 2021 4:00pm
Brian Albrecht
Shut up and get in line that s the message Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recently broadcasted to FTC staffers. Within her first month as a new commissioner, Khan ordered a stop to all public speaking for an all-hands-on-deck moment. Evidently, she wants the FTC speaking with only one voice her own. The gag order is going to run out the top economists and harm the FTC s long-term effectiveness.
Khan rose to academic stardom at a young age as a vocal critic of Big Tech, especially Amazon. In her most famous writing, Amazon s Antitrust Paradox, she argued for stronger antitrust enforcement even when companies are lowering prices for consumers. Khan s preferred antitrust approach would be a complete overhaul of the current antitrust system and would require a lot of work. However, even if one agrees with Khan that antitrust needs to be rewritten and that this is an all-hands-on-deck moment, Khan s current regime will make tha