Lina Khan, the youngest F.T.C. chair in history, reset U.S. antitrust policy by thwarting mega-mergers and other monopolistic behavior. This earned her enemies in some places, and big fans in others — including the Trump administration. Stephen Dubner speaks with Khan about her tactics, her track record, and her future. <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/lina-khan">Lina Khan,</a> former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and professor of law at Columbia Law School.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/2023_merger_guidelines_final_12.18.2023.pdf">Merger Guidelines</a>" (U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, 2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.janeeckhout.com/wp-content/uploads/RMP.pdf">The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications,</a>" by Jan De Loecker, Jan Eeckhout, and Gabriel Unger (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/19-110_e21447ad-d98a-451f-8ef0-ba42209018e6.pdf">US Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective,</a>" by Laura Phillips Sawyer (Harvard Business School, 2019).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/4ibv5wz">The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age,</a> by Tim Wu (2018).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox">Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox,</a>" by Lina Khan (Yale Law Journal, 2017).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/nyregion/education/a-tempest-in-a-coffee-shop.html">A Tempest In a Coffee Shop,</a>" by Tanya Mohn (New York Times, 2004).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-economics-of-eyeglasses/">The Economics of Eyeglasses,</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/should-you-trust-private-equity-to-take-care-of-your-dog/">Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-private-equity-firms-plundering-the-u-s-economy/">Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-the-u-s-really-less-corrupt-than-china-and-how-about-russia-update/">Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Update)</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2022).</li></ul></li></ul>

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