Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson delivered a keynote address at the Stigler Center’s 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference, which focused on how economic concentration impacts the marketplace of ideas.


Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson delivered a keynote address at the Stigler Center’s 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference, which focused on how economic concentration impacts the marketplace of ideas. Ferguson gave opening remarks, answered questions from University of Chicago law professor Eric Posner, and responded to audience comments. The event took place at the University of Chicago on April 10-11, 2025 at the Chicago Booth Gleacher Center.

For more on the conference, see our resources page or re-watch the entire livestream on the Stigler Center Youtube channel.

A transcript of Ferguson’s keynote speech and the other keynote speeches will be published in the coming days.

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