It could spell the end of prohibitions on repairing farm equipment, imposing non-compete clauses, and other Big Ag abuses.
Economy
Reporting and analysis on the American economy and economic policy: how markets, monopolies, and public policy shape jobs, wages, and opportunity. Includes our long-running coverage of antitrust and corporate power in The Monopolized Economy.
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How the Postal Service Can Help Local Retailers Beat Amazon
Today’s shoppers want products delivered quickly. Local businesses are positioned to fill that demand, if only USPS’s Louis DeJoy would notice.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Assassination of Haitian Leader Highlights Nation’s Monopoly-Dominated Economy
The killing of President Jovenal Moïse took place against a backdrop of elite power, anticompetitive policies, and the U.S. doing little to create open markets.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
USDA Food Box Program Provides Cautionary Tale About Contracts to Lowest Bidders
A program to aid the food insecure became a boon to big agribusiness.
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The Republican Plan to Water Down Antitrust Reform
A sweeping package of legislation to take on Big Tech just moved forward in the House. There’s a trap waiting for it in the Senate.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Supreme Court Affirms Limited Win for College Athletes But Helps Monopolies
An attorney explains how the NCAA case set back the antitrust law.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Meatpacking Monopolism: Cyberattacks and America’s Concentrated Beef Industry
Packers have been attacked by ransomware, but the larger feedlot-to-plate problem is a lack of competitiveness.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
How Investing in the VA Can Help Fight Hospital Monopolies
Predatory corporate giants make expanding the agency’s role in the U.S. health care system all the more urgently in the public interest.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
A California Bill Would Help Fast Food Workers and Hold Corporations Accountable
These workers face low wages, lousy conditions, and a monopoly system that puts the squeeze on them.
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The Hospital Industry’s No Good, Very Bad Day
At a Senate antitrust hearing, lawmakers appeared poised to finally take on health care provider mergers.
