Controversy
Status:Open
Will Amazon be Found to Have Monopoly Power in FTC v. Amazon?
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Claims
Geoffrey A. Manne"Unfortunately, both markets are excessively narrow, thereby grossly inflating Amazon’s apparent market share and minimizing the true extent of competition."Feb 21, 2024
Columbia Undergraduate Law Review"This more narrow definition of the market strengthens the assertion of Amazon’s dominance and anti-competitive impacts as a monopoly power, making it less likely for the court to find fault with market definitions."Jan 10, 2024
Boston University School of Law"Such [Amazon’s pricing] practices undermine competition, in the uncontroversial economic sense of the word."Sep 24, 2026
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ITIF"The apparent deficiencies in the FTC’s complaint suggest that their best days may already be behind them."Nov 02, 2023
R Street InstituteThe FTC complaint is insistent that the case against Amazon addresses harms to both consumers and competition, but it is short on actual evidence of consumer harm.Jan 11, 2024
Neil Saunders"Whichever way you look, there are companies competing with Amazon."
PBS News"Experts say the FTC faces a few hurdles in its own case, including convincing the court which slice of the market Amazon is allegedly monopolizing."
American Economic Liberties Project"Indeed, Amazon has abused its dominant position in ways that should allow antitrust enforcers at the federal or state level to intervene."Nov 16, 2023
Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo)"When looking at the FTC’s original theory and current designation, both are ultimately flawed."Mar 28, 2025
Truth on the MarketCompetitors like Walmart have been successful in expanding their online presence; Amazon will likely point to that as evidence that competition remains robust.Mar 06, 2025
Herbert Hovenkamp"The alleged relevant market in the Amazon cases was both too broad and too narrow."Sep 24, 2026
