The former president is shamelessly offering plutocrats like Elon Musk political favors for their support—and no longer promising to take on monopolists.
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Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Must-Carry Solution for the Media’s Google Problem
Google needs to pay news organizations for the media content it uses to fuel its lucrative and monopolistic search and ad businesses, as well as what it’s doing with AI. Fortunately, long-standing must-carry requirements can help. Here’s how.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
As Election Day Approaches, Don’t Forget About the K Street Wolves
As Election Day Approaches, Don’t Forget About the K Street Wolves: The Wolves of K Street, the Spring hit from the Mullins Brothers, deserves a close read this summer as lobbyists salivate over the certainty of a new president this Autumn.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Biden and Harris Broke the Suffocating “Washington Consensus” on Economics
Biden and Harris Broke the Suffocating “Washington Consensus” on Economics. They put a stake through neoliberalism. Now, the vice president has to convince voters that her antitrust, trade, and public investment policies, unlike Trump’s, will improve their lives.
Posted inBooks
Fareed Zakaria and Our Tumultuous World
The ubiquitous columnist and television broadcaster’s new book on revolution through the ages may be familiar, but it’s still spot on.
Posted inMagazine
Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Antitrust?
Biden made the fight against monopolies central to his economic strategy. Trump used it to reward his friends and punish his enemies.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
Winning the Anti-monopoly Game
Despite press accounts to the contrary, the Biden administration’s revival of antitrust policy isn’t failing. It’s just getting started.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
After the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Disaster, Why Approve More Rail Monopolies?
The accident highlights railroad consolidation just as a little-known agency considers a mammoth $31 billion merger.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The DOJ Antitrust Suit Against Google is a Victory for the Washington Monthly
This magazine and, in particular, Phillip Longman, built the intellectual architecture to prosecute the tech giant’s predatory practices.
Posted inMagazine
The New Political Economy
In the immortal Federalist No. 10, James Madison wrote, The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like […]
