The president’s clumsy tariffs won’t rein in Beijing. He needs to put pressure on international companies profiting in China.
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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Milking Profits: The Dairy Monopolies That Are Hurting Farmers
Born of a noble idea, dairy cooperatives let farmers join forces to get a good price for their milk and stand up to powerful interests. Now the coops are powerful, huge, and squeezing the farmers that ostensibly own them.
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Trump and the Republicans Are Risking an All-Out Depression
They are currently making the same failed choices that led to the last one.
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Another Trump Legacy: Spreading Price Discrimination on the Internet
Consumers are already feeling the pain of the president reversing net neutrality.
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Investors are Doing Great Under Trump, But What About the Rest of Us?
To save Americans from COVID-19’s economic fallout, Congress needs to extend unemployment benefits.
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Better Policy Ideas Alone Won’t Stop Monopolies
The next administration will need to change the culture within the antitrust enforcement agencies.
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Trump’s Bungled Pandemic Response Is Crushing American Incomes
New data shows the costs of the administration’s failure to stem the coronavirus outbreak.
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How Biden Can Prove He’s Serious About Busting Corporate Monopolies
It starts with the people he plans to appoint to the nation’s top antitrust enforcement agencies.
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No, the Unemployment Rate Didn’t Really Drop in May
Donald Trump bragged about a bogus jobs number and defiled George Floyd’s name in the process.
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The Economic Recovery Will Be a Whimper, Not a Bang
Many economists, including some liberals, are predicting a strong comeback by November. They are using the wrong models.
