The FTC has a mandate to look at anti-compestative practices. Research by economists suggests that kind of thing is still pretty widespread. The evidence, it's just really hard to get very clear evidence about what the effects of non-competes are. John Avlon: If you say one in five workers is covered by a non-compete clause, how would the FTC go about repealing or taking that system apart?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismantled the country’s institutions. As an election looms we ask what democratic guardrails remain, and examine the wider risks if those go, too. “Non-compete” clauses designed to protect trade secrets when employees depart are being abused—and trustbusters are going after them. And Ryuichi Sakamoto, a famed Japanese composer, reckons with mortality in his latest release.
Music from “12” courtesy of Milan Records.
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