It’s time to admit that airline deregulation has failed passengers, workers—and economic efficiency.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inEconomic Policy
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