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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.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, The Monopolized Economy
The Monopolization of Milk
How America’s biggest dairy co-op is trying to become even bigger.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
House Democrats Are Failing to Protect Farmers from Trump
The administration is letting agribusiness monopolies run amok. Where is the congressional oversight?
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Health Care, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Health Care’s Biggest Problem Is Getting Worse
And 2020 Democrats don’t have a plan to fix it.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Can Journalism Be Saved From the Tech Giants?
A leading House Democrat has a plan.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal
Does Trump Deserve Credit For the Economy? The Numbers Say No.
His policies may have actually slowed the economic growth he inherited.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal
How America’s Business Leaders Lost Their Way
They once cared about promoting social welfare. Now they only care about making bigger profits.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, The Monopolized Economy
Facebook Doesn’t Just Need to Be Broken Up. It Needs to Be Broken Into.
To create real competition, let other social networks operate on the architecture Mark Zuckerberg built.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
In Apple Case, It’s Kavanaugh vs. Gorsuch
Donald Trump’s most recent appointee joined the four liberal justices to form a surprising majority in an important antitrust ruling.
Posted inApril/May/June 2019
Meet the New Trustbusters
These 2020 Democratic contenders want to take on modern monopolies. Will voters get behind them?
