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Lina Khan Is in the Hot Seat

2023/8/30
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主持人:本期节目讨论了Lina Khan担任联邦贸易委员会主席期间面临的挑战和争议,包括来自共和党和商业团体的反对,以及她对科技巨头和反垄断政策的立场。 Emily Birnbaum:Lina Khan以其对大型科技公司的批判性观点而闻名,她的学术著作和在政府中的角色都引发了广泛关注。她的任命最初得到了两党一些议员的支持,但随着时间的推移,她面临越来越多的批评,尤其是在共和党控制的国会中。批评者认为她的政策激进,并指责她滥用权力,而支持者则认为她正在努力解决科技行业长期存在的问题,并保护消费者权益。 Emily Birnbaum详细阐述了Khan的职业生涯,以及她如何成为反垄断领域的知名人物。她分析了Khan的政策,包括对竞业禁止协议的限制,以及对科技公司并购的审查,并探讨了这些政策背后的法律和经济逻辑。她还讨论了围绕Khan的政治争议,以及来自商业游说团体和保守派媒体的批评。 Emily Birnbaum还分析了Khan的政策对不同利益相关者的影响,包括科技公司、消费者和工人。她指出,Khan的政策旨在促进竞争,保护消费者隐私,并提高工人工资,但这引发了商业团体的强烈反对。 Emily Birnbaum总结了Khan的成就和挑战,并探讨了她对未来反垄断政策的影响。她认为,尽管Khan面临许多挑战,但她已经成功地将反垄断问题置于公众舆论的中心,并改变了人们对联邦贸易委员会的看法。 Emily Birnbaum: Khan的非传统晋升之路,以及她对反垄断法的独特解读,使其成为一个有争议的人物。她的政策,特别是对竞业禁止协议的限制和对科技公司并购的严格审查,引发了商业团体的强烈反对。这些团体认为她的政策会扼杀创新,损害经济。同时,进步人士则认为Khan的政策是必要的,以应对科技巨头日益增长的权力和对消费者权益的损害。围绕Khan的争议也反映了美国政治中更广泛的意识形态分歧,以及对政府在经济中作用的不同观点。 此外,对Khan的批评也带有个人色彩,一些批评者攻击她的年龄、性别和政治立场。这种个人攻击也反映了美国政治中日益加剧的两极分化和党派斗争。 尽管Khan面临许多挑战,但她对反垄断政策的贡献是不可否认的。她成功地将反垄断问题置于公众舆论的中心,并促使人们重新思考科技巨头对社会的影响。她的工作也对未来的反垄断政策产生了深远的影响,无论其政策最终是否成功,她都改变了人们对联邦贸易委员会的看法,使其不再是一个沉寂的机构。

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Lina Khan, a noted critic of big tech and leading academic on antitrust, was appointed as a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission by President Joe Biden. Her appointment was significant due to her groundbreaking work on antitrust issues and her potential to reinvigorate antitrust enforcement.

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In March 2021, when President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Lina Khan to be a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, the decision was met with a rare kind of excitement for the otherwise sleepy agency. The excitement seemed bipartisan as 21 Republican senators voted to confirm the commissioner. Not long after, then 32-year-old Khan was promoted to chairperson of the agency, making her the youngest chair in the FTC's history. Since then the tone around Khan has changed dramatically, as Republican commissioners at the agency have pushed back against what they see as a radical agenda. Back in March, OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger) spoke to Emily Birnbaum), technology and lobbying reporter for Bloomberg, about a growing anti-antitrust movement emerging in the press and in Washington, and why Khan has become its main target. 

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