Author: Robert H. Bork, Jr. › American Greatness

Why Is Trump’s FTC Chairman Continuing Lina Khan’s Socialist Policies?

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March 10, 2025

Trump’s FTC chair Andrew Ferguson is enforcing Biden-era antitrust rules, abandoning the consumer welfare standard and embracing regulations that expand government control over the market.

Will China’s DeepSeek and the EU’s Antitrust Holy War Drive U.S. Big Tech to Extinction?

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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February 1, 2025

China’s AI breakthrough shook Wall Street, but U.S. regulators may still be chasing the wrong enemy.

Bedoya’s Passionate Appeal for More Federal Power

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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January 29, 2025

Enforcing Robinson-Patman won’t lower grocery prices—it’ll just let regulators pick winners while consumers pay more.

Trump Must Defend Apple, Consumer Privacy and U.S. Innovation from Europe

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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December 30, 2024

The EU’s push to force Apple to open its APIs risks undermining privacy, stifling innovation, and igniting a transatlantic trade war.

The Danger Behind DOJ’s Plan to Divest Google’s Chrome

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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December 4, 2024

Proposed divestitures like forcing Google to sell Chrome risk crippling innovation in America’s tech sector, ignoring market competitiveness and aiding geopolitical rivals.

Voters’ Economic Stake in FTC’s Anti-American Protectionism

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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November 6, 2024

The FTC under Chair Lina Khan is working overtime on policies that gravely damage U.S. competitiveness and the personal and national security of Americans.

Khan Farewell Tour

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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October 8, 2024

Lina Khan's legacy in Washington will be that of a once admired agency transformed into another Washington factory churning out partisan hackwork.

The FTC Weaponizes Legitimate Concerns About Data Privacy

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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September 25, 2024

The FTC’s proposals would likely reduce competition and harm consumers, the exact opposite of the goals an antitrust enforcer is supposed to uphold.

How Harris and Khan Are Planning a Department of Groceries

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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September 3, 2024

As envisioned in Vice President Harris’s economic plan, the FTC plans to use antitrust as a fulcrum to regulate prices and therefore private business itself.

What Khan’s Non-Compete Loss Tells Us About the Fate of the Harris Price-Control Plan

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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August 24, 2024

Can we continue to count on the judiciary as a bulwark against progressive anti-trust?

Biden’s Political Need for an Antitrust Orgy

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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May 10, 2024

It is a desperate move, one unlikely to buy forgiveness from voters savaged by inflation. Until the election is over, however, businesses should expect to continue to be Biden’s antitrust piñata.

Lina Khan’s Clairvoyant Policy Toward Tech Regulation

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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August 14, 2022

A better policy would be to let the future find its own way.

Will the Senate Allow China to Pillage American Data?

By Robert H. Bork, Jr.

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July 16, 2022

The hopelessly vague language of Amy Klobuchar’s bill would export to China the most sensitive data of the U.S. government and military as well as that of innumerable consumers, banks, and businesses.