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Jan 25 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
In July 2021 President Biden issued an executive order promoting competition in the U.S. economy.
It included 72 different actions.
18 months later, I figured out how many got done.
Change is hard, but it's happening.
#longread from me:
prospect.org/economy/2023-0…
The goal of the executive order was to change a mindset, to bring competition back to the fore of government policy. The architects are leveraging the power of the president to push the agencies outside their usual trajectories.
prospect.org/economy/2023-0…
Among other things, this piece was the product of several hours of discussions with @superwuster, who devised the executive order. This was his lasting contribution to the country, and it was fascinating to track. I hope you can make time for it today.
prospect.org/economy/2023-0…

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Jan 25
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Jan 23
1/ Our new print issue is all about implementing the Biden agenda, the moment where too many people look away but which decides whether policy is a success or a failure. And we begin with a dynamite piece from @leee_harris. prospect.org/environment/20…
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Jan 5
This was clear from yesterday's enforcement action on noncompetes that used Section 5 authority. It's been in the works for months. Biden first talked about noncompetes in 2018 at a Brookings event.
The key here is that the FTC is writing a Section 5 rule; they essentially dumped this authority after the 1970s. The agency's unfair methods of competition guidance in November, using voluminous case law, set the stage for this.
This kicks off a fight. The libertarian pro-business view is that the FTC isn't allowed to write rules under Section 5, and there will be a lawsuit.
The FTC's policy statement on this is very good.
ftc.gov/legal-library/…
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