The.Ink FULL AUDIO: Lina Khan on trust busting as freedom
Today, we present the full audio recording of our conversation with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. She began her career as an antitrust researcher and reporter, eventually becoming a lawyer and public servant, and along the way publishing a groundbreaking paper that turned 40 years of conservative thinking on antitrust on its head.
Named by President Biden to lead an ambitious anti-monopoly effort as the country’s top commerce enforcer, Khan has put her theory into practice, blocking major mergers, taking the fight to big tech, and issuing new rulings to protect consumers, including bans on noncompete agreements, junk fees, and other the abuses of power that limit democracy as it’s lived each day.
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