All the cool kids: The Tipline for 13 August 2020

With antitrust law apparently cool again, it appears all the federal agencies want in on the fun. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently established new collaborative efforts with the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. The Department of Defense and Department of Energy each weighed in during Qualcomm. Now central bankers – recently declared cool by Lin-Manuel Miranda – have joined the game. Two economists from the Federal Reserve have published a study contending that rising concentration across the US economy is exacerbating income inequality.