Profile of FTC Chair Lina Khan, as some longtime staffers worry she is underestimating the risks of pursuing aggressive antitrust cases that are likely to fail
As monopolies and other large companies gain increasing control of our daily lives, Khan is Joe Biden's pick to do something about it. Tweets: @davidmwessel , @michaelluo , @sheelahk , @econliberties , @daviduberti , @lutherlowe , and @pkafka Tweets: David Wessel / @davidmwessel : Lina Kahn was offered a job covering commodities for @WSJ but decided to go to Yale Law School instead....and now she chairs the Federal Trade Commission. https://www.newyorker.com/... via @NewYorker Michael Luo / @michaelluo : Khan was accepted at Yale law school, and @wsj offered her a position as a reporter covering commodities. “It was a real ‘choose the path’ moment,” Khan told @sheelahk. She chose Yale. Now she's one of the most powerful regulators of American business. https://www.newyorker.com/... Sheelah Kolhatkar / @sheelahk : Is it time to break up Big Tech? My profile of new FTC Chair Lina Khan, who might actually do it @NewYorker https://www.newyorker.com/... @econliberties : Fantastic profile of @linakhanFTC's “earth-shattering” ascent to power by @sheelahk, which features important analyses from Economic Liberties' @matthewstoller. https://www.newyorker.com/... David Uberti / @daviduberti : Incredible quote for an outgoing FTC commish to give to The New Yorker as current FTC leadership tries to assure career staff that they aren't being sidelined: https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/... Luther Lowe / @lutherlowe : Excellent profile of @linakhanFTC by @sheelahk in The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/... Peter Kafka / @pkafka : Related! FTC Lina Khan profiled in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/...