Even as politics gets grim, antitrust enforcers go at the insulin cartel and private equity's takeover of pet care. Meanwhile Congress is passing antitrust legislation and re-regulating shipping.
This is great news! Keep calling your Senators and Congressperson.
FYI. I think youth football should be flag and low contact until 18, best case even older. Science shows smashing young brains with helmets on is not a good idea, to say the least. But I'm the oddball who thinks allowing kids to practice headers in soccer is asinine given what we now know about the human brain and impacts of all types.
“the FTC voted to resurrect the Robinson-Patman Act, a bill prohibiting corporate bribery and price discrimination by middlemen that hasn’t been meaningfully enforced since the 1970s.”
That’s good news. The ‘70s was the era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and corporate bribery. One of those things is not like the others but a generation of stoned boomers wasn’t paying attention. Bill Clinton is still stoned. Just say “no” to drugs AND corporate bribery, kids. Nancy left out that last part.
Thankfully, some light at the end of the tunnel. If only we could get Buttigieg’s mind off of a job he is not remotely qualified for and on to business he should be dealing with - airlines for example.
I like that the government is going after unfair business practices, but the insulin case, and entire pharmaceutical industry is more complex and not easily simplified in a column. It will be very difficult for the government to argue PBMs negotiating rebates have increased costs for the country.
This is great news! Keep calling your Senators and Congressperson.
FYI. I think youth football should be flag and low contact until 18, best case even older. Science shows smashing young brains with helmets on is not a good idea, to say the least. But I'm the oddball who thinks allowing kids to practice headers in soccer is asinine given what we now know about the human brain and impacts of all types.
“the FTC voted to resurrect the Robinson-Patman Act, a bill prohibiting corporate bribery and price discrimination by middlemen that hasn’t been meaningfully enforced since the 1970s.”
That’s good news. The ‘70s was the era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and corporate bribery. One of those things is not like the others but a generation of stoned boomers wasn’t paying attention. Bill Clinton is still stoned. Just say “no” to drugs AND corporate bribery, kids. Nancy left out that last part.
Thankfully, some light at the end of the tunnel. If only we could get Buttigieg’s mind off of a job he is not remotely qualified for and on to business he should be dealing with - airlines for example.
Okay, now I'm starting to be convinced! Action against PBMs is definitely a big deal. Cracking down on venue-shopping is also a big deal.
FYI, you can read the American Prospect column without an account if you use 'Toggle reader view' in Firefox on the page.
Thanks for the updates!
I like that the government is going after unfair business practices, but the insulin case, and entire pharmaceutical industry is more complex and not easily simplified in a column. It will be very difficult for the government to argue PBMs negotiating rebates have increased costs for the country.
Marc wrote a piece on Black Knight-ICE
https://www.netinterest.co/p/the-mortgage-exchange-ice-revisited-779