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If you’re of a certain age, you remember the old days of watching TV. Over the antenna, you could get the three major networks, PBS and, in larger markets, perhaps some independent channels—some of which would begin airing programming from the new Fox network in 1986. If you made enough money, you could get a … Video Competition in 2025: It’s Literally on Heebee
In 2022, and then again in 2023, Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced legislation that would have required U.S. issuers of most Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit cards to include a second network on their cards, and to allow merchants to route transactions on a network other than the primary network branded on … The Credit Card Anti-Competition Act
At the tail end of the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) authorized two Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) lawsuits—one each dealing with liquor and soft-drink distribution discounts—that, if pursued, are likely to harm American consumers while wasting scarce government prosecutorial resources. The new FTC leadership may wish to consider withdrawing these cases and deemphasizing the … The FTC Should Consider Ditching Antitrust Cases that Harm American Consumers