Dynamic Antitrust Discussion Series: “The FTC Rulemaking Agenda—Dwindled Innovation Through Regulation?”

The Federal Trade Commission has outlined in its regulatory priorities for 2022 the desire to engage in rulemaking not only for consumer protection matters but, most controversially, for antitrust matters. The purported shift from ex post judicial enforcement to ex ante regulatory rules of competition leaves many questions unanswered, especially regarding the legality and economic desirability of such change.

Watch ITIF's latest in a series of discussions on “dynamic antitrust,” in which ITIF’s Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy hosts leading scholars and antitrust enforcers to discuss the path forward in making antitrust a foundation for innovation.