It's incredible, once you start studying industry structure and see how much consolidation there has been across industries - in airlines, contact-lens… — Lina Khan Consolidation Copy Share Image
Congress asked us to enforce the merger laws and that is necessarily a predictive exercise. As a result, the inquiry that we… — Lina Khan Assessment Copy Share Image
I think we've seen all too often instances in which companies play fast and loose with the rules, especially right at the… — Lina Khan Beginning Copy Share Image
Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution… — Lina Khan Checks and balances Copy Share Image
I'll say, as a general matter, look, if you look back at history - right? - the moments when incumbent platforms feel… — Lina Khan History Copy Share Image
I'll say, as a general matter, we follow the facts where they take us. And there are certainly matters, when they first… — Lina Khan Facts Copy Share Image
So, we at the FTC have the benefit of getting to hear from a lot of market participants, a lot of businesses,… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
If markets are leading us in directions that we, as a democratic society, decide are not compatible with our vision of liberty… — Lina Khan Democracy Copy Share Image
I think a system where you're putting the burden on, under-resourced civil society groups, under-resourced academics, under-resourced public servants, is just going… — Lina Khan Best Copy Share Image
When companies are actively directing their products or services at children or if those services are being used by children and they… — Lina Khan Children Copy Share Image
A market in which the only ideas that are ever brought to market are the ideas that you think will be appealing… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
At a basic level, I'm interested in imbalances in market power and how they manifest. That's something you can see not just… — Lina Khan How Copy Share Image
On the competition side, these moments of technological disruption are so important and there is no doubt that AI as a technology… — Lina Khan AI Copy Share Image
If you look at the antitrust lawsuit against IBM, the antitrust lawsuit against AT&T, the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, each of those… — Lina Khan Innovation Copy Share Image
The long-term interests of consumers include product quality, variety and innovation - factors best promoted through both a robust competitive process and… — Lina Khan Best Copy Share Image
If we want a healthier, more diverse market - and more variety in our Halloween buckets - we could start by reviving… — Lina Khan Antitrust Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if a business is dependent on tricking or trapping people into subscriptions, that's not a good… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
It's no surprise to me personally that monopolists, and executives associated with monopolies, would prefer that the anti-monopoly cops just go away.… — Lina Khan Cops Copy Share Image
There's a whole line of critique about Amazon that's culture-based, about how they're wrecking the experience of bookstores. I personally am less… — Lina Khan About Copy Share Image
So, the antitrust laws in the United States don't create some kind of cap on a company's size or on growth; they… — Lina Khan Antitrust Copy Share Image
The ways PE firms are making serial acquisitions, each individual acquisition is under the radar, but in aggregate they roll up the… — Lina Khan Acquisition Copy Share Image
The FTC is entirely pro-innovation, and a lot of our work is about ensuring that companies are able to compete in a… — Lina Khan Fair Copy Share Image
I'm grateful that the FTC is viewed as a leader internationally and all credit goes to our terrific staff at the office… — Lina Khan Around the world Copy Share Image
Serial acquisition strategies are not just limited to private equity firms. They have also been used by large technology companies and others… — Lina Khan Control Copy Share Image
Where we once had a lot of independent businesses, a lot of local businesses, a lot of variety, we now actually just… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
We want open markets, rather than a lack of competition resulting in coercion. — Lina Khan Coercion Copy Share Image
As antitrust enforcers, we must update our application of the law to new realities. — Lina Khan Antitrust Copy Share Image
I think one challenge that agencies can face is when they shrink their own powers and authorities by not actually using the… — Lina Khan Congress Copy Share Image
Like many across government, the FTC is watching closely as the release of sophisticated AI tools creates both opportunities and risks. — Lina Khan AI Copy Share Image
Ruing the disappearance of a diverse candy market isn't just nostalgia. Fewer people concocting means dominant players have fewer reasons to innovate. — Lina Khan Candy Copy Share Image
To stay ahead globally, we don't need to protect our monopolies from innovation - we need to protect innovation from our monopolies. — Lina Khan Ahead Copy Share Image
When you have companies that are not disciplined by competition, oftentimes they can get away with abusing their customers; firms can become… — Lina Khan Away Copy Share Image
Some of the most significant breakthrough innovations have historically come from the startups and the entrepreneurs and the small guys who are… — Lina Khan Breakthrough Copy Share Image
Too often fewer and fewer companies are controlling more and more of the market. And what that means is companies can start… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
What became clear is there had been a systemic trend across the U.S… markets had come to be controlled by a very… — Lina Khan Clear Copy Share Image
So, my job is to enforce the laws that Congress has written. And I'm very sympathetic to the idea that, you know,… — Lina Khan Business Copy Share Image
For most people, their everyday interaction with power is not with their representative in Congress, but with their boss. And if in… — Lina Khan Boss Copy Share Image
Amazon knows that a lot of small businesses live in constant terror of Amazon, because they know that with the press of… — Lina Khan Amazon Copy Share Image
