Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.
Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein is a writing fellow at The American Prospect. He previously worked as a reporter/research associate at the Open Markets Institute and interned at Washington Monthly.
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Construction Bids for EV Projects in Georgia Go to Gov. Kemp’s Donors
Under an obscure program, state and local authorities got to pick construction firms for Rivian and Hyundai plants. They chose non-union firms that have contributed heavily to Republicans.
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Progressive and Moderate Wings Collide in Rhode Island House Race
Aaron Regunberg has left-wing endorsements; Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, more centrist ones. But Matos is fending off a series of scandals.
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Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform
The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Discount Health
Dollar General is part of a trend of major retailers trying to move into medical care. Cut-rate treatment is the last thing needed in the vulnerable populations dollar stores serve.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Green Industrial Policy in Deep-Red Georgia
In the former carpet capital of the world, a solar manufacturing boom is taking hold. Will conservative residents credit Biden’s industrial policy?
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Democratic Senate Hopeful’s Company Resists FTC Investigation
Maryland’s David Trone’s liquor store chain enmeshed in antitrust case
Posted inWorking in America
Unionized Workers at Blue Bird Hit the Next Hurdle: a Contract
An assist from Biden administration electric bus subsidies helped pave the way to victory at a plant in right-to-work Georgia. But workers say tensions with management have grown.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Return to Rentiership
A new paper shows that rent-seeking by firms with dominant market positions has exploded since the 1980s.
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Ticketmaster Offers to Exploit Concertgoers More Transparently
The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement.