The protest against Facebook by the country’s farmers is the first grassroots effort of its kind. We should all pay heed.
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Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Republican Plan to Water Down Antitrust Reform
A sweeping package of legislation to take on Big Tech just moved forward in the House. There’s a trap waiting for it in the Senate.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Meatpacking Monopolism: Cyberattacks and America’s Concentrated Beef Industry
Packers have been attacked by ransomware, but the larger feedlot-to-plate problem is a lack of competitiveness.
Posted inJuly/August 2021
The Conservatives Out to Stop the New Bipartisan Antitrust Movement
How a 32-year-old policy activist is fighting to keep the GOP from going anti-monopoly.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Hospital Industry’s No Good, Very Bad Day
At a Senate antitrust hearing, lawmakers appeared poised to finally take on health care provider mergers.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Now Monopolies Are Crushing the Online Grocery Business
A boom in home deliveries is predatory prey for Uber, Softbank, and others.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Farmers’ Market: A Sketchy Scheme to Reduce Rural Greenhouse Emissions
A coalition of Big Ag, Republicans, Democrats, and some environmental organizations is pushing so-called carbon capture markets to stem climate change. But family farm groups see lots of problems.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, Politics, The Monopolized Economy
Klobuchar: “Monopolies Hurt Everyone”
In an interview with the Washington Monthly, the Minnesota Democrat vows to crack down on concentrated power.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, Political Animal, The Monopolized Economy
Are We Getting Railroaded?
A train merger and the threat of monopolism on the tracks.
Posted inMain, Political Animal, Politics
If Unions Couldn’t Save HuffPost From the Ax, What Could?
Antitrust is a powerful sword against Big Tech—which is vacuuming vital ad dollars from publications.
