Federal Trade Commission
also referred to as: ftc
10 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 6 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 19, 2025 by Joe Weisenthal · said 67 times in 25 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by John Coogan (29), Jordi Hays (6), Tech Investor / Commentator (3), Mike Isaac (2), Marc Andreessen (2), Adam Kovacevich (2), Ben Thompson (1)
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2026 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2025 62 mentions in 21 episodes 3 per episode
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Everything said about Federal Trade Commission, oldest first
Mar 19, 2025 neutral
Mar 19, 2025 bearish
Weisenthal: Investors mistaken to expect a Bush-era lenient FTC under Ferguson
“He's like, we're not, we take this idea of corporate power as a harm very seriously. And if you think this is going to be sort of like a Bush era FTC, you're mistaken, which I think is really interesting and probably relevant for investors, both in private and…”
Apr 26, 2025 negative
Asparouhov: Both Democrats and Trump dislike Zuckerberg, enabling FTC antitrust scrutiny
“Zuck has, you know, done his best to cozy up to, you know, so Trump, White House, et cetera, you know, he's wearing his chains, he's tan, he's, you know, looking for Joe again, hanging with Joe Rogan, but also, like, you know, the Dems hate him because they fe…”
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Kovacevich: FTC and DOJ divided Big Tech targets rather than subject matter
“What happened was about six years ago, the FTC and the Justice Department, they share responsibility for antitrust. They got together and they said, they basically struck a deal and they said, okay, FTC, you get Meta and Amazon and DOJ, you get Google and Appl…”
Jul 19, 2025 positive
Aug 2, 2025 negative
Coogan: The FTC blocking Meta's VR fitness acquisition made no sense
“The worst example I can think of is Meta bought a VR fitness app, and they said that Meta was trying to create a monopoly in the VR fitness market, which is just not a market at all. It doesn't even exist, and I don't know anyone that does VR fitness, and it's…”
Aug 8, 2025 negative
Andreessen: Regulatory Victory Laps Over Blocked Mergers Exhibit Survivorship Bias
“I mean, it's kind of taking a victory lap was very disconcerting. And for exactly the reason you said, which is survivorship bias. Right. Which is you pick the one that worked out and then, you know, it's the airplane, the red dots, the airplane, you know, you…”
Feb 24, 2026 neutral
Coogan: Antitrust regulators lack tools to stop companies from exiting competition
“In antitrust regulation, you know how they'll stop two firms from joining because that will create a monopoly, but they don't really have a tool in the tool chest for stopping a company from just shutting down and stopping competing.”