The streaming giant is building a podcast empire. It’s all part of a high-stakes battle to dominate the once home-spun world of podcasting. Is power being concentrated in too few hands?
antitrust
Posted inBooks, Economy, November/December 2020, The Monopolized Economy
Monopolies Threaten Not Just Our Economy, But Our Liberty, Too.
A new book shows how the weapons that conquered the old trusts can be drawn on Big Tech today.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Better Policy Ideas Alone Won’t Stop Monopolies
The next administration will need to change the culture within the antitrust enforcement agencies.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
How Biden Can Prove He’s Serious About Busting Corporate Monopolies
It starts with the people he plans to appoint to the nation’s top antitrust enforcement agencies.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Can COVID-19 Get Congress to Finally Strengthen U.S. Antitrust Law?
A new bill from Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strikes at the myths behind mergers.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Lessons of Theodore Roosevelt
To get out of our Second Gilded Age, look no further than how we got out of the first one.
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 inFeatured, July/August 2019, Magazine
Superpredators
How Amazon and other cash-burning giants may be illegally cornering the market.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Warren and Booker Have Different Approaches to Anti-Trust Enforcement
We can glean the best from both of them.
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.
