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Lina Khan on AI and More
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- Paul Krugman Podcast
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- Jul 18, 2026
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Lina Khan, who chaired the Federal Trade Commission under Joe Biden, is one of the smartest and most influential thinkers about antitrust in our high-tech era, and one who has blazed new paths in policymaking. I spoke with her at a Graduate Center event back in March, and caught up with her again earlier this week for another enlightening conversation. For all my interviews and more, subscribe on YouTube . . . . TRANSCRIPT: Paul Krugman in Conversation with Lina Khan (recorded 7/14/26) Paul Krugman : This week, I managed to get to talk to Lina Khan , who was the incredibly influential and smart head of the FTC in the previous administration—with the current administration doing everything it can to undo her work. She played an important role in the Mamdani transition team and has had a lot of smart thoughts about technology and policy right now. And I thought we could talk for a bit about this, well, it’s always a bizarre moment these days, but this is the bizarre moment we’re in. And so, hi. Lina Khan : Hi, great to be here. Krugman : I want to get into technology and AI, but I wanted to just start with something that just happened. One of your special causes, which is “Click to Cancel,” which you tried to get as a national policy, just went through in New York City. Can you talk a little bit about what was achieved here and why? Khan : I’d be happy to. So, last week, the Mamdani administration announced that they are moving forward with two consumer protection initiatives. One was the finalization of a “Click to Cancel” rule, which basically says that businesses have to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. This rule is responding to the fact that we’ve seen a pretty significant pivot to service-based revenue, and more and more compani…