In his successful effort to convince President Trump to appoint him Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson made contradictory promises. On one hand, he promised to “end [former FTC Chair] Lina Khan’s war on business” while also promising to use his power as FTC Chair to go after “big tech” and “woke corporations.” Saying he would end Lina Khan’s war on business suggested he might restore the consumer welfare standard that dominated antitrust policy from the Reagan years until Joe Biden installed Lina Khan as head of the FTC, and Jonathan Kanter as head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
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