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The Capitol Forum Podcast

Exploring Solutions to Monopoly Problems

Following forty years of laissez-faire antitrust enforcement and industry consolidation, the White House is considering a fundamental rethink of how to interpret, enforce, and rewrite antitrust law, and many questions remain unanswered for the antitrust community. 

On the heels of federal and state litigation against Google and Facebook, is Amazon next? Will the new administration put big agriculture, big banks, and big pharma in its crosshairs? Will the courts stop antitrust enforcers in their tracks? Will the Biden administration get cold feet?

The Capitol Forum Podcast provides in-depth discussions with antitrust experts about the answers to these questions and about proposed solutions to the biggest monopoly problems of our time. Backed by the investigative resources and intellectual rigor of The Capitol Forum, Executive Editor and host Teddy Downey examines the effects of the current concentrations of market power across a vast array of industry verticals as he and his guests analyze the potential responses from the federal government. Offering thoughtful conversations with analysts and decision makers, The Capitol Forum Podcast provides everyone from C-Suite executives to policymakers, and all those in-between, strategic antitrust insights at the intersection of law, policy, and markets.

95 episodes

Episodes

Rebecca Slaughter, Katherine Tai and Jonathan Kanter on Getting Fired, Trade, and the Rule of Law

00:55:283/26/2025

Jonathan Kanter & Rethinking Antitrust for the Modern Economy

01:16:213/10/2025

Outlook for Congressional Competition Policy and Antitrust Enforcement During the Trump Administration with Slade Bond

00:53:303/10/2025

UnitedHealth Group’s Vertical Consolidation with Hayden Rooke-Ley

00:55:513/10/2025

Investor-Owned Utilities’ Excess Rates of Return with Mark Ellis

01:00:053/10/2025

Fair and Competitive Markets at the U.S. Department of Agriculture with Andy Green

00:50:192/4/2025

2025 Congressional Antitrust Outlook with Seth Bloom

01:00:102/4/2025

Vestager Pushes Back Against Calls to Ease EU Merger Rules

00:56:362/3/2025

Importance of the DOJ Live Nation Suit to Independent Venues with Stephen Parker

00:59:021/30/2025

Mark Wetjen on Crypto Legislation in the Trump Administration

01:01:391/2/2025