Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy (July 9, 2021) set forth a plan to challenge practices and regulations the Biden Administration believed limited the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. It substantially expanded President Obama’s Executive Order 13725, Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy (April 15, 2016). Hannah Garden- Monheit , most recently the Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, joins the podcast to discuss implementation of Executive Order 14036 and whether it will (and should) have an impact beyond the Biden Administration.
Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy (July 9, 2021) set forth a plan to challenge practices and regulations the Biden Administration believed limited the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. It substantially expanded President Obama’s Executive Order 13725, Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy (April 15, 2016). Hannah Garden-Monheit, most recently the Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, joins the podcast to discuss implementation of Executive Order 14036 and whether it will (and should) have an impact beyond the Biden Administration.
Links
Carl Shapiro, Ali Yurukoglu, Trends in Competition in the United States: What Does the Evidence Show? (NBER Working Paper 32762) (Aug. 2024)
White House Competition Council Announces New Actions to Lower Costs and Marks Second Anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Competition (July 19, 2023).
FTC Commissioner Christine S. Wilson, Competition Policy: Time for a Reset? (Dec. 7, 2020).
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Towards a Broader View of Competition Policy (2017)
FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Does the U.S. Economy Lack Competition (2016)
Council of Economic Advisers Issue Brief, Benefits of Competition and Indicators of Market Power (April 2016)