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The Monopolized Economy
Posted inCover, Economy, June/July/August 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Populism With a Brain
Ten old/new ideas to give power back to the people.
Posted inEconomy, June/July/August 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
St. Louis, Entrepreneurial Boomtown
Metro areas all over the country are trying to nurture startups, without much luck. The Gateway City is succeeding. What’s its secret?
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, The Monopolized Economy
The Real Reason Middle America Should Be Angry
Like many “flyover” cities, St. Louis’s decline is not mainly a story of deindustrialization, but of decisions in Washington that opened the door to predatory monopoly.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April/May 2016, The Monopolized Economy
Redlining from Afar: How Consolidation Killed Off St. Louis’s Exemplary Minority Lender
Just after Thanksgiving in 1996, a group of 146 St. Louisans, mainly from the black business community, boarded a chartered TWA jetliner and flew to New York City. Their goal? To block the takeover of their hometown Boatmen’s Bank by shutting down the New York Stock Exchange. Led by the St. Louis lawyer Eric Vickers, […]
Posted inEconomy, Government, January/February 2016, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Lettuce Pray
A consolidated food industry brings you salad and chicken nuggets cheaper—and spreads deadly food-borne pathogens farther.
Posted inCover, Economy, Magazine, November/December 2015, The Monopolized Economy
Bloom and Bust
Regional inequality is out of control. Here’s how to reverse it.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2015, The Monopolized Economy
The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Anymore
The monopolist behind your favorite “craft” bourbon.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health Care, January/February 2014, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
After Obamacare
A frenzy of hospital mergers could leave the typical American family spending 50 percent of its income on health care within ten years—and blaming the Democrats. The solution requires banning price discrimination by monopolistic hospitals.
Posted inEconomy, Government, January/February 2014, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Big Beef
Independent ranchers and animal rights activists don’t agree about much, except that it’s time to stop using federal tax dollars to support the meat lobby.
