Fall Lecture: Barry Lynn, Monopolies and Oligarchs

Barry Lynn, Monopolies and Oligarchs 
Friday, November 20
1:30-2:30 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Barry C. Lynn is Executive Director of the Open Markets Institute. Over the last two decades, Lynn pioneered understanding of how the monopolies of the 21st century threaten our democracy, individual liberties, security, and prosperity. Lynn’s efforts to update antimonopoly law and thinking for the digital era were fully embraced by the Biden Administration and the European Commission and largely embraced by the Trump Administration.

His warnings on structural flaws in international systems predicted today’s supply chain crises, and his proposed solutions, have shaped strategy and policy in the U.S. government, Europe, Asia, the IMF, and the OECD. Lynn developed his thinking in three books - End of the Line (2005), Cornered (2010), and Liberty from All Masters (2020), as well as numerous articles, speeches, and Congressional testimony.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. This lecture will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.