The Alliance on Antitrust

The Alliance on Antitrust A growing alliance of conservative and free market voices defending the consumer welfare standard and the rule of law.

The Alliance on Antitrust was established to address the increasing calls to move away from the consumer welfare standard and to use antitrust as a political tool. We believe that weaponizing antitrust for broader socioeconomic purposes would fundamentally alter the primary goal of antitrust law, upend more than a century of legal and economic learning and progress, and undermine the rule of law.

Antitrust law does not exist in a historical vacuum. The need to bring coherency to antitrust law through a neutral underlying principle is precisely what led to the consumer welfare standard. It is critical to understand how we got to where we are today, and to distinguish between the proper and improper uses of these laws. The Alliance on Antitrust seeks to foster a greater understanding of the issues and arguments at the core of the antitrust debate.

05/23/2022

This event will feature two panel discussions with experts on key issues in antitrust law, followed by a reception for attendees.

05/03/2022

Antitrust law has garnered a lot of attention in Washington, particularly as those on the left try to target big tech companies like Google and Facebook. But regardless of whether

Klobuchar and Clark are wrong about the Department of Defense competition study | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
03/11/2022

Klobuchar and Clark are wrong about the Department of Defense competition study | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Congress’ proposed antitrust legislation will not solve concerns about a lack of competition in key industries relating to national defense.

Baker: Hawley-supported antitrust bill will 'empower and embolden progressives at the Federal Trade Commission' | St. Lo...
03/10/2022

Baker: Hawley-supported antitrust bill will 'empower and embolden progressives at the Federal Trade Commission' | St. Louis Reporter

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri says proposed legislation would protect conservative speech online, but analysis by Ashley Baker of the Committee for Justice shows that Big Tech wouldn't "be required to do anything different."

Big Firms and the Economic Landscape - AAF
03/01/2022

Big Firms and the Economic Landscape - AAF

If you listen to the pundit world, the U.S. economy is being strangled by a few gigantic firms running rampant across the landscape. This depiction of the state of affairs lies behind the left’s desire to rewrite the standards for competition policy, steps toward which have already been undertaken...

Meta Stock Plunge Shows the Folly of Legislating By Market Cap | National Review
02/22/2022

Meta Stock Plunge Shows the Folly of Legislating By Market Cap | National Review

As lawmakers continue to address the myriad issues with current antitrust proposals, legislating by market cap should be the first thing off the table.

The FTC Should Keep Its Hands Off Innovative Biopharma Mergers | National Review
02/22/2022

The FTC Should Keep Its Hands Off Innovative Biopharma Mergers | National Review

A crackdown on biopharma mergers led by the FTC could undermine future accomplishments, harming the American economy and patents.

01/05/2022

Antitrust is making headlines, with figures as diverse as Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren seeking to use it as a shiny new tool to rein in big tech. But some of the policies they’re pushing were tried before in the 1960s, and they ended up penalizing perfectly competitive conduct just out of anim...

Progressives are breaking institutional norms to impose their agenda, and the latest is an attempted coup against the di...
12/14/2021

Progressives are breaking institutional norms to impose their agenda, and the latest is an attempted coup against the director of the FDIC on bank mergers.

Biden appointees try to stage a coup against the director of the FDIC on bank mergers.

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