The clustering of growth in a few coastal metro areas is partly to blame for the rise of GOP minority rule.
The Monopolized Economy
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Why Some Kids Might Get Their Presents Late This Christmas
America’s railroads are far more monopolized and even less regulated than they were a century ago.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Magazine, November/December 2018, The Monopolized Economy
The Case For Small-Business Cooperation
How America’s anti-monopoly laws got turned against the little guy.
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A Prison Phone Giant’s Ploy to Further Exploit Inmates
Securus Technologies’s attempt to merge with a competitor would let a company known for price-gouging inmates become larger and even more powerful.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Featured, July/August 2018, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
The Truth About Big Business
A new defense of the monopolization of the U.S. economy relies on cherry-picked data and misleading arguments.
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How Airlines Explain Our Screwed Up Economy
The misery of air travel is a case study in why existing laws haven’t been enough to protect us from a new Gilded Age.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
The ‘Borking’ of America
Robert Bork set in motion pro-monopoly policies that have ravaged the middle class, particularly in small-town and rural America.
Posted inCover, Economy, January/February/March 2018, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
How to Fix Facebook—Before It Fixes Us
An early investor explains why the social media platform’s business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
Posted inEconomy, January/February/March 2018, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
How Rural America Got Milked
Corporate-run agricultural co-ops are squeezing the very farmers they’re supposed to protect. Making them work again could help revive the heartland.
Posted inCover, Economy, Magazine, November/December 2017, The Monopolized Economy
The Democrats Confront Monopoly
Taking on corporate concentration has gone from a fringe idea to a key plank of the party’s strategy. Here’s how that happened—and why it matters.
