The Hill: FTC tempts legal fate with power grab

 

Lina Khan had not even graduated from law school when she came onto the antitrust scene advocating reform that would amount to nothing short of a legal revolution.

A few years later, she was sworn in as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the powerful independent agency long focused on antitrust enforcement and consumer protection.

Ever since, writes John Kerkhoff, Khan has taken a sledgehammer to the antitrust status quo.

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To end bidding wars for new homes, make housing legal

 

In March, a California home sold for $1 million over asking price. In South Florida, renters are bidding up rents and offering to pay a year’s worth of rent up front. Across the country, homes are on the market for just 24 hours before sellers are bombarded with multiple offers, often well above asking price.

Keelyn Gallagher and Angela Erickson explain how today’s housing shortage is rooted in strict, 1950s-era land use policies.

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