FTC's Khan, critic of Big Tech, takes on Amazon

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan - whose agency filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Tuesday - published a major academic article in 2017 arguing the online retailer had escaped antitrust scrutiny. "With its missionary zeal for consumers, Amazon has marched toward monopoly by singing the tune of contemporary antitrust," Khan, then 29, wrote in the Yale Law Journal. Amazon "has evaded government scrutiny in part through fervently devoting its business strategy and rhetoric to reducing prices for consumers." Six years later,...