Lina M. Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, joined Sharon Block, director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, for a conversation reflecting on her tenure at the FTC and the role of antitrust in protecting workers, consumers, innovation, and broad-based economic growth. Khan’s leadership at the FTC and her influential academic work have reshaped contemporary debates about competition, monopoly power, and the rule of law.

Lina Maliha Khan is a British and American legal scholar who served as chair of the Federal Trade Commission from 2021 to 2025. She is also an associate professor at Columbia Law School. While a student at Yale Law School, she became known for her work in antitrust and competition law after publishing the essay “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” in 2017. President Joe Biden nominated her to the FTC in March 2021, and after her confirmation she became the youngest FTC chair ever that June. Following the 2025 New York City mayoral election, Khan was named co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transitional team.