One of the lowlights of the Biden Administration was Lina Khan’s reign as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Khan is a (the?) leader of the Neo-Brandeisian movement, which advocates returning to the “big is de facto bad” school of antitrust enforcement. During Khan’s tenure, the FTC filed a record number of challenges to mergers and acquisitions. Khan’s crusade against big business made her a progressive rock star… and also won her some fans on the populist right.
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