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Monopoly Round-Up: The U.S. Is Now a Net Food Importer

Today’s round-up for paid subscribers is chock full of that monopoly news goodness you’ve come to know and love. In this issue, prices for thing…

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Pentagon Stupidity Is a Design Choice

In the National Defense Authorization Act, Congress just empowered the Pentagon to learn who owns the defense contractors that supply it. This is good…

Dec 9 •

Is Corporate America Betting on Trump?

Get ready for an explosion of merger announcements as Wall Street assumes Trump will win, and let a consolidation frenzy ensue. It's a big bet. But is…

Dec 7 •

Monopoly Round-Up: Profiling the Terrible People Who Run the World

In today’s monopoly round-up for paid subscribers, I’ll go over corporate America’s political bets as we barrel toward another consequential pre…

Dec 4 •

The Case for Ambulance Chasing Lawyers

Big business has been going after plaintiff lawyers since the 1980s. Why? 90% of antitrust cases come from private attorneys, restructuring everything…

Nov 29 •

Monopoly Round-Up: Big Carrot Enters the Ring

If you thought the monopoly world was in a Thanksgiving coma this week, you were mistaken. Here’s a full round-up for paid subscribers, includin…

Nov 27 •

Why Turkey, Eggs and Air Travel Just Got Cheaper

The long tail of greedflation may be subsiding, just as a federal jury cracks the longstanding egg cartel. Plus antitrust action on airlines and the…

Nov 22 •

Monopoly Round-Up: Inflation Is Down, Everyone's Mad Anyway

Another extremely busy week, so this monopoly round-up for paid subscribers is pretty great. Overall inflation figures look much better than in …

Nov 20 •

BIG by Matt Stoller

BIG by Matt Stoller

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