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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.
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How Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
His corruption of Biden’s broadband program boosted SpaceX’s historic IPO.
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How to Contain the Oligarchs
Rule by the rich may look inevitable, but history shows it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power.
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The Myth of the “Independent Creator”
Much like the economy at large, the media ecosystem favors big players over independent creators.
Posted inEconomy
How AI Broke the Entry-Level Job
The data say white-collar jobs are booming. The Class of 2026 says the opposite. Both are right.
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How to Save Capitalism
Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker have a plan for fixing capitalism: “market humanism.”
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Workers Who Defy Gravity
AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Who will stop them?
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The Affordability Case for Public Factories
It’s not socialism. Public factories are an old American answer to monopoly profiteering. The Progressive Caucus wants to bring them back.
Posted inNewsletter
The Capitalists Trying to Fix Capitalism
“Market humanism” is how the economy should work, argue Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
How to Think About Spirit’s Failure—and the Airline Crisis
If the only way for airlines to survive is to constantly merge or get bailed out by the government, then it’s time to admit that the industry is more like a public utility than a competitive market.
