Stephen Dubner

OK, so your Amazon paper clearly struck a deep chord. But how did you go from being a law student, admittedly a high profile law student, to being chair of the FTC?

OK, so your Amazon paper clearly struck a deep chord. But how did you go from being a law student, admittedly a high profile law student, to being chair of the FTC?

Who was that?

Who was that?

Who was that?

Coming up after the break, Lina Khan puts her Amazon research to work. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. When she was a law student at Yale, Lena Kahn wrote what would become one of the most famous law review articles of the current century.

Coming up after the break, Lina Khan puts her Amazon research to work. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. When she was a law student at Yale, Lena Kahn wrote what would become one of the most famous law review articles of the current century.

Coming up after the break, Lina Khan puts her Amazon research to work. I'm Stephen Dubner. This is Freakonomics Radio. We'll be right back. When she was a law student at Yale, Lena Kahn wrote what would become one of the most famous law review articles of the current century.

It accused Amazon of using novel forms of monopolistic practice, including deliberately underpricing its goods and services with the goal of becoming an e-commerce behemoth, a goal that Amazon has achieved. OK, while you were running the FTC, you and 18 state attorneys general in Puerto Rico sued Amazon over monopolistic practices. There is a trial scheduled to start in 2026.

It accused Amazon of using novel forms of monopolistic practice, including deliberately underpricing its goods and services with the goal of becoming an e-commerce behemoth, a goal that Amazon has achieved. OK, while you were running the FTC, you and 18 state attorneys general in Puerto Rico sued Amazon over monopolistic practices. There is a trial scheduled to start in 2026.

It accused Amazon of using novel forms of monopolistic practice, including deliberately underpricing its goods and services with the goal of becoming an e-commerce behemoth, a goal that Amazon has achieved. OK, while you were running the FTC, you and 18 state attorneys general in Puerto Rico sued Amazon over monopolistic practices. There is a trial scheduled to start in 2026.

I'd like you to take us full circle from writing the Amazon antitrust paradox paper in law school to now having brought this suit and waiting for the trial to begin.

I'd like you to take us full circle from writing the Amazon antitrust paradox paper in law school to now having brought this suit and waiting for the trial to begin.

I'd like you to take us full circle from writing the Amazon antitrust paradox paper in law school to now having brought this suit and waiting for the trial to begin.

Nessie as in Loch Ness Monster?

Nessie as in Loch Ness Monster?

Nessie as in Loch Ness Monster?

Why was it called that? You know?

Why was it called that? You know?

Why was it called that? You know?