AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Who will stop them?
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Posted inMagazine
How Amazon’s AI Algorithms Raise the Prices You Pay
Online price swings look like fierce competition. In reality, they’re part of an invisible strategy that steers the entire market upward.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Save Humphrey’s Executor. Save the Supreme Court (Sort Of)
A modest proposal for how the justices can do the right thing and be true to themselves as they decide the fate of independent agencies.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Has Trump’s FTC Abandoned Fair Markets?
A decision to drop a lawsuit against Pepsi may signal Trump’s embrace of corporate bullies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Another Supreme Court Blow for Autocracy?
Its order allowing Trump temporarily to oust two tenure-protected officials bodes ill for agency independence.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
Court Ruling Against Google Ad-Tech Monopoly Is a Victory for Journalism
Antitrust advocates rejoice at the second decision against the $1.8 trillion behemoth in less than a year.
Posted inLaw and Justice
When Billionaire Government Contractors Are Also Media Moguls
And they have deals with the president, to boot. A legal ethics scholar explores the morass.
Posted inMagazine
What Happens to Antitrust Under Trump?
From tariffs to deportations, Trump’s policies are inflationary—but enforcing antitrust laws could help working families.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies: His February executive order and the firing of a labor relations board member are the latest moves in a multi-decade right-wing campaign to legitimate an authoritarian presidency.
