Five years after Lina Khan declared Amazon to be a monopoly in the Yale Law Journal, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission has finally got her wish. Last week, the FTC unveiled its much-anticipated case against Amazon, claiming that the e-commerce giant has abused its market position to stifle competition and increase prices. But, as with other recent cases against Big Tech, Khan’s ideological crusade against bigness has required the Commission under her direction to bend over backwards and concoct market definitions that defy reason.
Read Full Article »
