Inside the U.S. government at a maybe lesser known agency, one woman is trying to change the way American businesses operate.

I absolutely feel a sense of urgency and

across the board we want to make sure that people are able to get a fair shake in

the marketplace be that as a consumer and customer or be that as a worker or small business

and entrepreneur, you want to make sure that dominant companies are not able to get away with

abusing their power in illegal ways.

This is Lena Khan.

On Tuesday, she came to the office of the Washington Post

for a conversation in our studio.

My name is Lena Khan, and I am chair of the Federal Trade Commission.

Khan was appointed to this role by President Biden in 2021.

The job of the agency is to ensure fair competition in the marketplace and to protect consumers.

And for

unfair business practices,

unfair business practices.

Many critics see the FTC's work under

con's leadership as overstepping the agency's authority.

But in Kahn's eyes, going after industry giants has always been core to its mission.

The Federal Trade Commission was created back in has always been core to its mission.

The Federal Trade Commission was created back in 1914

against the backdrop of the robber barons.

And so this was the first Guilded Age right right after the Industrial Revolution, where there had been all of these huge technological advancements, but also a lot of power that had been concentrated and consolidated

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