Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested over a 37 percent increase to its 2024 budget. If approved, this would mark one of the highest budget increases in the history of the FTC. Given FTC Chair Lina Khan’s “big is bad” ideology, many observers expect this enlarged budget will lead to more investigations, lawsuits, and rule making from the agency that will target firms based on size without considering consumer welfare.
Published in its entirety in Reason.