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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Well this is fun! Was profiled in my hometown magazine last summer, but it just today popped up online.

Elizabeth Wilkins Could Probably Work Anywhere. Why the FTC?

She’s worked for Elena Kagan, Ron Klain, and Merrick Garland.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

9 months

Today is my last day at @FTC . It has been an honor to work with @linakhanFTC - a visionary leader with incredible dedication to our mission to protect the public from unfairness and deception in the marketplace and promote economic liberty for consumers, workers, and businesses.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Remember that Friends episode about the gym membership? @FTC is proposing to do something about it.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

1 year

NEW: The FTC is taking aggressive action to stop one of the biggest business scams — “click to subscribe, call to cancel.” @linakhanftc explains the agency’s new rule.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

It was the honor of a lifetime to be a part of the effort to free workers from noncompetes. This is government working for people.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

3 months

BREAKING: The FTC just banned non-compete agreements. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scenario, and voiding nearly all existing noncompetes. This is a game changer for American workers.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Dad would have been 91 today. I love this photo - from his autobiography. A man who made himself into what he thought his country needed him to be, in order to make his country more just. Still the source of my patriotism and my North Star.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

I've always been a fan of @RBReich (fellow head of @FTC policy planning) but I didn't know he could draw! Digging the cartoon explainer of the effect of finance in housing prices. 1/

Robert Reich

@RBReich

2 months

Rent and home prices are skyrocketing. One big reason why? Wall Street buying up homes. Democrats introduced bills aiming to ban corporate ownership of single-family houses. Lobbying groups have already spent $500k trying to squash the bills. Here's what you should know.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

The hits just keep on coming.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

3 months

BREAKING: The FCC just voted to restore net neutrality. The commission has decided to fully restore the net neutrality rules repealed under Trump. This decision will help ensure fair access to an open internet for all.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

I was a small child when my dad first told me the NAIRU was immoral. It was my introduction to economics as an analytical tool that can serve but not substitute for the underlying value choices that shape our policy and our economy.

Black unemployment rate hits record low 5 percent

A surge in labor market demand coming out of the pandemic has fueled one of the fastest jobs recoveries on record, sending the national unemployment rate to historic lows and benefitting millions of...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

It’s an honor to be joining a team that’s so dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of workers, small businesses, franchisees, patients, and consumers — all of us deserve a dignified economic life, and at @econliberties we believe we can make it happen.

Nidhi Hegde

@nhegde

3 months

We are thrilled to welcome @ewwilkins to the team! Elizabeth’s work at the FTC has been critical in the fight against corporate power from noncompetes to junk fees to merger guidelines. Look forward to working together at @econliberties ’ on the next set of challenges.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

18 days

I used to steer clear of healthcare policy - too complicated! But when we kick started @FTC ’s PBM study I couldn’t look away. These extractive middlemen are sacrificing access and affordability for profit. FTC is cutting through the complexity and fighting for people.

American Economic Liberties Project

@econliberties

18 days

It's been a huge week in @FTC 's fight to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the pharma middlemen that inflate drug prices and squeeze independent pharmacies. A quick recap.👇🧵

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

This is a great day for workers. The Biden Admin is on the side of working people.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

3 months

BREAKING: The Department of Labor has raised the overtime threshold. The new rule says that everyone who makes under $58,656 and works over 40 hours a week must be paid time-and-a-half. That increases the threshold dramatically from $35,568.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

7 months

People! @FTC wins! Continuing to stop health care consolidation in its tracks.

Matt Stoller

@matthewstoller

7 months

BREAKING: FTC wins IQVIA merger trial. Full opinion will be out at some point after January 5th

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Talking noncompetes with @smerconish . From TV personalities to hairstylists, these clauses prevent people from going to work for a competitor.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

A resolution to a monopolization case in the healthcare industry that ALSO prohibits the use of noncompetes for the company’s workers.

FTC

@FTC

1 year

FTC reaches proposed settlement with Surescripts in illegal monopolization case. Proposed order remedies anticompetitive conduct that led to higher prices, stifled innovation, and reduced customer choice in e-prescription market:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

8 months

Critical for workers for states to consider banning noncompetes. They depress wages and working conditions, limit innovation and, most importantly, curtail a basic American liberty.

FTC

@FTC

8 months

The FTC’s Office of Policy Planning sent a letter to NY Gov. Hochul as she considers noncompete legislation and shared the FTC’s findings related to noncompete clauses. Read the letter here:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

7 months

Lina is the rare leader who knows that public service means getting past the usual special interests to hear from the people who really need her, and then using every tool at her disposal to meet that need.

Sarah Miller

@sarahmillerdc

7 months

“Khan listened to story after story of small business owners feeling like they were being muscled out by big distributors and chain competitors. “The sense people have is that they’re just getting screwed, that the deck is stacked against them,” she said.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

This is it. This is why we do what we do. So proud to be a part of the team.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

1 year

In my opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee, I laid out how @FTC 's work is materially helping people in their daily lives. We're tackling noncompetes, high drug prices, undue repair restrictions, junk fees, subscription traps, and more:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

28 days

A 5-0 vote by @FTC to challenge a vertical merger - part of the underreported story of @linakhanFTC successfully and across party lines moving the consensus toward more vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

28 days

FTC alleges Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm merger would: 1. Raise prices for mattresses 2. Force competitors to close American factories and lay off workers Of note for antitrust wonks, this was a 5-0 vote to block a vertical merger!

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

Some personal news, as they say. After taking some time to rest and recuperate, I'm excited to share that I'll be affiliating with two fantastic organizations.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

At its very basic root, economic policy is about freedom, autonomy, possibility. It’s about the life we want for ourselves and our children. Let’s build an economy that eliminates coercion and supports human flourishing.

Daniel Rangel

@DanielRangelJ

2 months

“An economy where workers and businesses live in fear is not fair neither is free.” @linakhanFTC speaking about the oversized power of gatekeepers in the 21st century economy and how to counter it at #AMS2024

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

What a page in the paper for workers, and for ensuring contracts with employers comply with labor, employment, and competition law.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

5 months

The country needs more leaders like @linakhanFTC who are unafraid, in the face of challenge, to relentlessly pursue the public good.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

5 months

Here's your Sunday read: Khan “knows what she’s up against”, said @davidcicilline . “She’s going to prevail. She’s making the case. There’s no going back.” by @CallumIJones via @guardian

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

So many parts of this admin - FTC, SEC, CFPB, NLRB, others - are working hard to make markets fair for all comers. Glad to see this decision today that CFPB can keep up the good work protecting people from junk fees, predatory rates, and more.

Bharat Ramamurti

@BharatRamamurti

3 months

An obvious — but still important — legal conclusion that will allow the CFPB to keep up its good work for consumers unimpeded.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

6 months

Government at its best, prying workers free from the abusive constraints employers use to increase their leverage and extract more than their fair share.

David Seligman

@daveyseligman

6 months

A huge win by the @NLRB . Coercive contract terms like TRAPs are a direct attack on worker power. This is one of the first wins of the Biden Administration taking on these types of contract terms--hopefully the first of many.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

THREAD: Last week, I made a speech on @FTC rulemaking at @BYULaw (thanks again, @Aaron_L_Nielson ). Good to see @BlakeProf and many others as well. A few key points from the speech. 1/10

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

So proud of the team for successfully advocating against granting immunity to this hospital merger that would have risked “higher healthcare costs, lower quality, reduced innovation, reduced access to care, and depressed wages for hospital employees.”

Statement of Elizabeth Wilkins, Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, on the Decision of...

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Elizabeth Wilkins, issued the following statement in response to the decision by the St

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

Values first: The point of the economy is to support human flourishing.

Kate Bahn

@LipstickEcon

4 months

Law and economics serves the policy choices we make about the type of economy we want to have. - @ewwilkins

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Come work with me @FTC ! Looking for a deputy in our policy shop.

FTC

@FTC

1 year

We’re hiring! The FTC’s Office of Policy Planning (OPP) is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as Deputy Director. Apply by April 13:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

New @PitchforkEcon podcast, in which I argue that the @FTC is American as apple pie, making sure that workers and small businesses and consumers have an open lane to apply our skills and talents in the marketplace and protecting us from bullies and cheats. Take a listen.

American Economic Liberties Project

@econliberties

2 months

"We now have an economy with super concentrated marketplaces ... that's the stage that was set when @linakhanFTC took the helm." Don't miss Sr. Fellow @ewwilkins on @FTC 's work to restore competition and lower prices on @PitchforkEcon .👇

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

THREAD: Last day of Black History Month, shout out to my (great) Aunt Marvel, one of the many black women who held up social movements on their shoulders but rarely got the credit for it. Now Teen Vogue of all places is giving her the spotlight! (1/8)

This Radical Reporter Dedicated Her Life to Fighting the System

"I idolized women like Marvel Cooke," Angela Davis tells Teen Vogue.

www.teenvogue.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

The @FTC wants to hear about the franchisee-franchisee relationship. Send comments!

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Franchisors Exerting Control Over Franchisees and Workers

The Federal Trade Commission requests comment on franchise agreements and franchisor business practices, including how franchisors may exert control over franchisees and their workers.

www.ftc.gov

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

As I said at NYU last month, antitrust and labor law were always meant to work in tandem. That’s what the @FTC is making sure of.

Alvaro Bedoya

@BedoyaFTC

1 year

1/ With new union drives every week, it’s a good moment to reflect on what antitrust owes labor, and what the founders of American antitrust law saw as the relationship between the two.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

5 months

So proud of my husband! Arise misclassified its workers. Now it has to pay them $2M, plus a $1M penalty to the District. And Graham ran them out of town! Lawbreakers not welcome here.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

27 days

Gig economy companies sometimes engage in a "heads I win, tails you lose" business strategy. But enforcers are catching on and shutting it down, as evidenced by recent actions against the call center company Arise. A 🧵 1/

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

Check out this whole thread. Look at the way the noncompete rule includes stories of real people. Government-speak shouldn’t be for technocrats. Government should reflect the lives of the people it works for. It should be accountable to their needs. This is how it should look.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

3 months

1. Today @FTC issued a final rule banning noncompetes for workers across the country. The rule will ensure that Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

FTC will: Uphold America’s tradition of maintaining the open, fair and competitive markets that have underpinned both breakthrough innovations and our nation’s economic success — without tolerating business models involving mass exploitation of their users

Opinion | Lina Khan: We Must Regulate A.I. Here’s How. (Published 2023)

Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, on the agency’s oversight of the A.I. revolution.

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

THREAD: Had a great time moderating the panel for @FTC ’s forum on noncompetes last week. A few highlights from our panelists (mild edits for length).

FTC Public Forum Examining Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses - February 16, 2023

The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.

www.ftc.gov

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

I finally have a reasonable looking headshot! And I’m in some pretty great company.

Economic Speakers Bureau

@econspeakers

4 months

Thrilled to introduce the newest lineup of experts to the Economic Speakers Bureau, available to inform coverage of the U.S. economy & how policies impact working class Americans. Welcome @superwuster , @ewwilkins , @steelewheelz , @keds_economist , @ZachButterworth , & @ShaynaLStrom !

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Noncompetes in the local news business: “If your station is so toxic that it’s affecting you, and you want to leave, you have to leave news altogether and find a public relations job.”

Noncompete Clauses Get Tighter, and TV Newsrooms Feel the Grip (Published 2023)

Job-switching barriers are routine at TV stations, even for workers not on the air. A proposed federal rule would curb the practice across all fields.

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

Banning noncompetes shouldn’t be a partisan thing. It’s a freedom thing.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

2 months

🚨New Amicus in support of the FTC's legal authority to issue a noncompete rule filed by @RepMattGaetz in the Northern District of TX 🧵1/4.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

“No matter what you do to try and free people from coercive labor contracts, we will fight you.” What a position to take.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

4 months

Sean Heather, an SVP @USChamber just said this about the FTC's proposed noncompetes ban: "It's not a well-kept secret that when the FTC announced the rule, that same day we announced we will meet them in court, and it doesn't really matter what they finalize the rule to say." 1/2

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

(And yes, my dad talked to me about things like the NAIRU when I was like 8. Start ‘‘em young!)

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“In just two years, the economy undid about a quarter of the increase in inequality since 1980. Much of that progress, they found, came from workers’ increased ability — & willingness — to change jobs.” More exit options=better work. ⁦ @bencasselman ⁩

The ‘Great Resignation’ Is Over. Can Workers’ Power Endure? (Published 2023)

The furious pace of job-switching in recent years has led to big gains for low-wage workers. But the pendulum could be swinging back toward employers.

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

DC AG’s office: “Since January 2023, we have secured $10 million+ in wage theft enforcement actions.” That’s my husband, Graham, and his formidable team. The people’s lawyers.

AG Brian Schwalb

@DCAttorneyGen

2 months

NEW: Our office secured $227,000 for workers and the District to resolve wage theft, misclassification, and retaliation allegations against three companies. Wage theft denies workers the pay and benefits they are entitled to and puts other DC businesses at a disadvantage.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

We need to do so much more of this - offering a positive vision for who we are and who we can be as a people.

Roosevelt Institute

@rooseveltinst

2 months

Earlier this year, we argued that our political & policy decisions should be grounded in a progressive vision of the good life. Today, we launch a @TheProspect essay series about what that vision should look like. Ft. @ChrisMurphyCT , @MauriceWFP , & more:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“It’s a ragtag group of government cowboys that calls itself the Federal Trade Commission.” Not the exact words I’d pick but it’s true @FTC has some amazing staff doing what it takes to protect the American public.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

1 year

For two decades companies felt like they could put anything in their privacy agreements and get away with it. We’re done preaching this fiction that consumers can protect themselves by reading privacy policies- @saalevine ⁩ Read👇🏻 via ⁦ @Gizmodo ⁩

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

7 months

The new 2023 Merger Guidelines! A big step forward for modern antitrust enforcement. Also a great moment for public engagement with antitrust, an area of law that has direct impact on peoples’ everyday lives.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

8 months

Today @FTC and @JusticeATR are issuing the final 2023 Merger Guidelines. Thank you to the thousands of people who submitted public comments, ensuring we could undertake this work with a deeper understanding of the real-life stakes of merger enforcement.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

9 months

I believe that public service is the highest call one can answer, and that our job is to relentlessly center those we serve in all that we do. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity to do so with this incredible group of people.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

The @FTC is looking at those subscriptions you just can’t seem to cancel…

Morning Edition

@MorningEdition

1 year

NEW: The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a rule that could make it easier for people to cancel pesky recurring charges, like clothing subscriptions and gym memberships. FTC Chair Lina Khan spoke with @LeilaFadel about how it would work.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

5 months

I was so proud of OPP and @FTC for this impactful strategy for putting the pharma market on notice: No using illegal patent listing tactics that raise prices for crucial medical devices. Americans deserve better.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

5 months

1. Last year @FTC challenged a set of @Boehringer Ingelheim patents for their inhalers as improperly listed. Today @Boehringer said it will drop the out-of-pocket costs of its asthma and COPD inhaler products, down from hundreds of dollars to $35.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

Noncompetes in health care can trap doctors and nurses in bad workplaces that compromise patient care and deprive patients of their trusted doctors if they have to leave the area for a new job. @FTC ’s ban would save $74-$194 billion in reduced healthcare spending.

American Economic Liberties Project

@econliberties

3 months

"Doctors are trapped in places where they may or may not feel good about the care that they are able to provide." Senior Fellow @ewwilkins in @axios today on how the @FTC 's final ban on noncompete agreements will empower healthcare workers👇

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

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"What we're seeing now is a real focus on making sure we're using antitrust tools to support worker power in labor markets," says me.

Axios Markets

Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

The joys of parenting: you make a nice family meal like you’re supposed to and then end up keeping both kids company in the bathroom for a double poop situation instead. Constant struggle.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“Because of antitrust, the people most vulnerable to mistreatment are the ones least capable of organizing to stop it. We need to ask ourselves: Is this really what Congress intended?” Answer: No.

Alvaro Bedoya

@BedoyaFTC

1 year

“We are aiming at the gigantic trusts and combinations of capital and not at associations of men for the betterment of their condition. We are aiming at the dollars and not at men” My remarks today on labor & antitrust:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

9 months

I am looking forward to a long-anticipated rest, and we'll see what comes next!

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

9 months

It has also been my profound pleasure to serve alongside the staff of the @FTC , whose dedication knows no bounds. I have been grateful for their trust in me and am better for the things I have learned from them.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

21 days

Lots of talk these days about the recent court decision enjoining @FTC ’s noncompete rule. But let’s go back to the basics - why this rule is crucial for workers to gain the wages, working conditions, and opportunity they want and need. My take with @PantsuitPolitic .

PantsuitPolitics

@PantsuitPolitic

21 days

The Federal Trade Commission wants you to be able to quit your job. Their new rule banning noncompetes has the potential to shake up the labor market in big ways. We spoke with @ewwilkins about the reasoning behind the rule change and why you should care.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

“If we really believe in democracy as a political system, we need to have commitments to giving people the material conditions and autonomy in their economic and social lives to be able to meaningfully participate.” It was great talking to students about public service.

Tobin Center for Economic Policy

@YaleTobinCenter

4 months

A graduate of both @Yale College & @YaleLawSch , Elizabeth Wilkins ( @ewwilkins ) returned to campus to discuss her experiences working in public service across both local & federal government—including the Obama & Biden White Houses, DC AG Office, & @FTC :

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“Wilkins’s dad used to tell her every morning to “use this day well,” and she keeps a sign with that phrase in her office. It reminds her to always ask, “How am I using this day? And who am I using it for?”” Here it is.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

True public servants fight for the public even against the inevitable opposition. @chopracfpb and @cfpb will keep protecting people from corporate abuses.

American Economic Liberties Project

@econliberties

2 months

"There's never going to be a time when powerful lobbyists just throw in the towel ... But we're going to keep doing our work every day." @chopracfpb speaks on @CFPB 's big SCOTUS win—and vows to continue fighting for consumers despite renewed threats from the finance lobby.👇📺

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

On @ABC with @eschulze talking noncompetes! Listen to a worker and a small business owner talking about how noncompetes have affected them, and what @FTC is proposing to do about them.

Video How an FTC policy change could have a major impact on American workforce

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze reports on the debate raging over a proposed Federal Trade Commission policy that would ban non-compete clauses in contracts.

abcnews.go.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“Ms. Chiang said she had to travel from Los Angeles to New York to end a monthly gym membership after learning she could only cancel in-person at the gym where she signed up.” ⁦⁦ @FTC ⁩ wants to make it as easy to cancel as it is to sign up.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

First, I'll be a fellow at the Workshop, an incredible group of people committed to fairness and power for workers who are using their government expertise to support the field.

Workshop | change for workers through federal advocacy

Workshop: We leverage the expertise of former federal political appointees and formulate concrete proposals that help advance executive action for worker rights.

www.workshop1933.org

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Join Us: Thursday we’ll here from workers, business owners, investors and more about how noncompetes affect them.

FTC Forum Examining Proposed Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses

The Federal Trade Commission will host a public forum on Thursday, February 16 examining the

www.ftc.gov

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

An important step in ensuring @FTC has what it needs to fulfill its mandate to enforce the antitrust laws.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

1 year

1. @FTC & DOJ are proposing updates to the form that firms fill out when pursuing acquisitions that must be reported to the antitrust agencies. These proposed updates would fill in key information gaps and promote efficient and effective enforcement.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

5 months

Looking forward to this! Nothing like talking with students to get reenergized about fighting for our future.

Tobin Center for Economic Policy

@YaleTobinCenter

5 months

JOIN US next Tuesday for a special event with Elizabeth Wilkins ( @ewwilkins ): “From @Yale to the White House: Insights on Policy and Public Service” EVENT TIME: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2:30-3:30pm. More info + register:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

A little belated, but my speech @BYULaw on @FTC rulemaking is finally up! Read it here:

Remarks of Director Elizabeth Wilkins As Prepared for Delivery BYU Law: Past, Present and Future of...

www.ftc.gov

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

From me:⁩ “Franchising can be a good business model, but it can also lead to a lot harm. We are concerned about instances where the promise does not match with reality. We believe there is a significant gap that is worth our investigation.”

Entry to Middle Class or False Promise? Franchises Face Scrutiny. (Published 2023)

Troubles at the restaurant chain Burgerim highlight concerns about whether franchisees need more protection in their contracts with franchisers.

www.nytimes.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

Second, I'll be a senior fellow at American Economic Liberties Project, an extraordinarily effective team leading the fight to bring antimonopoly ideas to life in the form of real policy change. @econliberties

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“Too often, core questions of statutory interpretation are simply ignored, as if there were some kind of antitrust exception to the usual rules of statutory interpretation.” Nope.

There Is No Antitrust Exception To Rules Of Statutory Interpretation - ProMarket

Tim Wu responds to a recent ProMarket post by Herbert Hovenkamp which argues for the dismissal of the Supreme Court’s 1962 Brown Shoe decision. Wu says that the Court’s duty is to obey and interpret...

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

👇🏾🔥Private equity buying up housing, algorithmic collusion driving up rents, landlords charging junk fees. This is what housing markets look like. @linakhanFTC on the case seeing what @ftc can do to protect our ability to house our families.

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

2 months

Great to sit down with community members in Atlanta to hear about the challenges renters face, from opaque algorithms that block people from housing to inflated rents and unsafe conditions at homes bought out by private equity & institutional investors.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Looking forward to keynoting the Antitrust Policy and Workers conference on Thursday with @CWAUnion and @SCEPA_economics . Tune in!

Antitrust Policy and Workers - The New School SCEPA

In Person | Online March 30, 2023 The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and the Communications Workers of America hosted a conference examining the stakes of antitrust policy fo...

www.economicpolicyresearch.org

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

27 days

A TX ct enjoined the @FTC 's rule banning noncompetes. Unsurprising but frustrating given the statutory text is clear, confirmed by the courts and Congress, and the agency has used it more than two dozen times to protect the public from competition and consumer harms. 1/

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

27 days

FTC Statement on Noncompete ruling in the Northern District of Texas.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

AI isn’t magic, it’s tech. The essential question for all new tech is who gets to control its development and deployment. The wealthy few? Or will all those affected have a say? Unions are all about voice, and tech unions have a unique role to play in the tech transition to come.

Noam Scheiber

@noamscheiber

2 months

Reading yesterday's open letter from current and OpenAI employees worried that the company isn't taking safety seriously enough, you kinda get the impression that what they want is a union.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

This is great news for the White House and for the American people. @joelle_gamble is a gem; so excited to see this.

Joelle Gamble

@joelle_gamble

1 year

I’m excited to head back to the National Economic Council in a Deputy Director role, continuing to support @POTUS ’s vision. And, I’m pumped about this economic team!

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

“To achieve policies that are going to genuinely threaten the influence of wealthy elites — the people too often making the rules — you first need to change the terrain, the balance of power. In order to do that, you have to make use of the power of numbers rather than wealth.”

Yale ISPS

@ISPSYale

4 months

How important is collective self-rule to democracy? In our talk with @samuel_e_bagg about his new book, he argues for a bigger priority: .

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

Very excited to be on this panel next week on the growing alliance between labor and business in fighting concentrated corporate power. Because the choking off of opportunity is happening to all of us.

American Economic Liberties Project

@econliberties

3 months

🚨PANEL ALERT🚨 @papscun will moderate an #AMS2024 discussion on growing the labor-business alliance vs. monopolies, feat: - @SmlBizMajority CEO John Arensmeyer - @UFCW770 VP Jessica Crowley - @ewwilkins - @ZephyrTeachout Just a few days left to get tickets!

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

The @FTC ’s most important asset is its people - public servants dedicated to protecting the public from unfair markets and helping to make an economy that works for everyone. So proud to have been a part of this team and of making sure it remains a great place to work.

Douglas Farrar

@DouglasLFarrar

3 months

🚨News for you federal employee viewpoint poll watchers out there!🚨 "The FTC jumped significantly in the rankings, rising from number 20 last year, up to ninth place for 2023... increasing its overall engagement and satisfaction score by 8.1 points."

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

@FTC ’s new draft merger guidelines recognize that consolidation in labor markets hurts workers, and the antitrust agencies can do something about it.

Alvaro Bedoya

@BedoyaFTC

1 year

Labor matters. Most of us put food on the table by selling our labor. The draft merger guidelines will help make sure that companies compete for it. My statement, with @linakhanFTC and @RKSlaughterFTC , on the draft merger guidelines:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Another way to come work with me! @FTC is doing amazing consumer protection work, including on cutting edge data privacy issues. Come work with Chair Khan!

FTC

@FTC

1 year

The FTC is hiring an Attorney Advisor to the Chair to work on consumer protection issues. Apply by 4/28/23: #attorneyjobs

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

In Poverty, by America, @just_shelter Matt Desmond reminds us that one of our biggest challenges to eradicating poverty is a failure of imagination. But how do we get ourselves to think big? This is VPA doing the nitty gritty of building the muscles to do great things again.

Ganesh Sitaraman

@GaneshSitaraman

3 months

This weekend, VPA and the VU History Department hosted "How the New Deal Was Run," a conference on the implementation of New Deal programs and lessons for policymaking today. Great to have so many excellent historians, political scientists, & legal scholars on campus! (1/3)

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

5 months

Franchising promises to be a gateway to the American dream, but too often it actually means all risk and no reward, plus downward pressure on workers’ wages. Glad this merger got scrutiny and consolidation won’t create greater power over franchisees and workers.

Elizabeth Warren

@SenWarren

5 months

This reversal is a win for consumers. I warned that this giant hotel merger would lead to higher prices and fewer choices. I’m glad the deal was scrapped after @FTC scrutiny.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

From a patient who couldn’t get her health needs covered: “They’ve made it so complicated that nobody can use this system . . . Bigger is not always more efficient. Bigger is more convoluted.” The perspective we need on more of our economy, esp. healthcare.

Dan Diamond

@ddiamond

3 months

There’s no bigger health care company than UnitedHealth Group. It’s grown to be the nation’s largest insurer — and largest employer of physicians. It’s bigger than Google and Microsoft. Now some lawmakers want to chop it down.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 month

Happy Juneteenth people. Taking a moment today to reflect on how far we’ve come, and how far our movement for freedom still has to go.

Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

New piece from @DavidpStein and Ira Regmi reminding us of the history of the freedom movement for full employment. Economic policy is also civil rights policy. Dad would love this.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

📢 NEXT WEEK: “The Commission will vote on whether to issue a proposed final rule that would prevent most employers from enforcing noncompetes against workers. The proposed final rule being considered would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses.”

Lina Khan

@linakhanFTC

4 months

Next Tuesday (4/23) @FTC will convene an open commission meeting to vote on the final rule prohibiting noncompete clauses. We received over 26,000 public comments about this proposal. Many thanks to everyone who shared their views and experiences.

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@ewwilkins

1 year

“To promote fair competition and protect people from these business excesses, in 1914 Congress stepped in and codified and strengthened common law standards of fair dealing, which drew upon notions of fairness and a moral economic vision of competition by creating the FTC.”

Rohit Chopra

@chopracfpb

1 year

Today I will be joining @UCILaw to discuss the @CFPB ’s work to address illegal conduct in the marketplace and how we analyze the standards of fair dealing in the face of evolving business practices. Tune in at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

Government just cannot be in the position of relying on regulated industries for the necessary expertise to create the right rules of the road. @FTC generally and @stephtngu in particular are doing a great job of making sure government skills up to be able to protect the public.

Laura Edelson

@LauraEdelson2

2 months

The @FTC has done something really cool that more agencies should consider doing: posing research questions they hope researchers will pursue! A quick thread with the questions I'm most interested in and why it's helpful when agencies do this:

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

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I haven’t seen @JameliaNMorgan since law school. But I can say even then I was blown away by her ability to push people outside their comfort zone, always in a way that was respectful, constructive, and invited them along. We need more of that right now, not less.

Thomas Frampton

@TFrampton

26 days

Only because she's the targeted professor whose work I know the best, this racist attack on @JameliaNMorgan is despicable. I've learned a tremendous amount from her scholarship and I wish she were our colleague at UVA Law.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Whole of government approach to worker power and to competition.

NLRB General Counsel

@NLRBGC

1 year

The General Counsel is committed to an interagency approach to restrictions on the exercise of employee rights. The NLRB has entered into MOUs with @FTC and @JusticeATR , both of which have addressed the anticompetitive effects of non-competes.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

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New piece from @DavidpStein and Ira Regmi reminding us of the history of the freedom movement for full employment. Economic policy is also civil rights policy. Dad would love this.

The Civil Rights Struggle for True Full Employment - Roosevelt Institute

In a new Roosevelt Institute analysis authors David Stein and Ira Regmi trace the legislative and activist struggles from the 1940s to the 1970s that shaped the concept of full employment and explain...

rooseveltinstitute.org

Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

I was a small child when my dad first told me the NAIRU was immoral. It was my introduction to economics as an analytical tool that can serve but not substitute for the underlying value choices that shape our policy and our economy.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

“The [GAO] released a report finding that franchisees “do not enjoy the full benefit of the risks they bear,” citing interviews with dozens of small-business owners who said they lacked control over basic operations that determined their ability to earn a profit.”

Lydia DePillis

@lydiadepillis

1 year

New from me today: The relationship between franchisors and franchisees is getting heated. Franchisors are fighting back hard against efforts to enhance franchisee rights. Plus, some crazy fallout from my last story on the subject!

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

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To the brave workers who speak up when their employers break the law. And to the enforcers who take action on their behalf, knowing that so many workers can’t do it for themselves.

AG Brian Schwalb

@DCAttorneyGen

12 days

"If you don't say nothing about it, people are going to keep doing what they can get away with... We are the ones that keep people coming back to your establishments. So why not treat us with respect?" — Rowles Adams, a former Swahili Village worker, on the impact of wage theft.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

Great discussion with @TerriGerstein and @evanpstarr . You can check it out below.

Economic Policy Institute

@EconomicPolicy

1 year

LIVE NOW 🚨: Join us for a virtual discussion on the proposed @FTC rule to ban noncompete clauses. Noncompete clauses harm workers by reducing wages and preventing workers from finding new and better opportunities—banning them will boost worker power.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

For example, the Do Not Call List, maybe the most popular federal rule in history, would never have happened if the FTC wasn’t willing to risk legal challenge. The agency even lost at first! But it was worthwhile to protect consumers from abusive tactics. 8/10

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

1 year

The FTC was given an enormous mandate by Congress that goes right to the heart of protecting the economic liberty and autonomy that is central to the American project. In order to carry out our mission, we have to use all the tools Congress gave us, including rulemaking. 10/10

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

3 months

I'm also honored to be joining the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator's Advisory Committee. VPA is doing great thinking on economic regulation and understanding the breadth of policy tools available to curb corporate power.

Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator

3/18/24 Public Grocery Stores: A Guide for Policymakers VPA's new Guide provides a framework for policymakers interested in understanding the case for public grocery stores and the practicalities—and...

www.vanderbilt.edu

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

7 months

We have an economy designed for extraction when it should be designed for human flourishing. These are choices we make, and we could be making different ones…

Morgan Ricks

@MorganRicks1

7 months

In the run-up to bus deregulation in 1982, the president of Greyhound noted that “the rural areas are going to have to suffer.” 1/

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

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Good things happening at the state and local level.

AG Brian Schwalb

@DCAttorneyGen

14 days

NEW: DC fine dining restaurant Swahili Village and its executives will pay $526,973 to its workers and to the District for systematically stealing wages and tips from servers, hosts, runners, bussers, and bartenders. Wage theft will not be tolerated in the District of Columbia.

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

4 months

"The highest achievement of the next economic order will be to put the market back in its place as a subordinate contributor to human flourishing, and not the other way around." @taradmcguinness has her priorities straight.

An Economy with Ethics

Seventy-seven years ago, the founders of the Mont Pelerin Society laid out a stark landscape. “The central values of civilization are in danger,” wrote the newly formed group of neoliberal thinkers....

democracyjournal.org

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Elizabeth Wilkins

@ewwilkins

2 months

Still proud to have been a part of ⁦ @FTC ⁩’s efforts to “put the market on notice” that we won’t tolerate patent games that drive up drug prices for patients. ⁦ @ddiamond ⁩ shining a light on these efforts.

Democrats ramp up patent fight with drug industry in bid to lower prices

Two prominent congressional Democrats this week wrote to eight pharmaceutical company CEOs, urging them to remove 130 patents from a government registry.

www.washingtonpost.com

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