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The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam
How for-profit health insurers convince seniors to enroll in private Medicare plans
Posted inWorking in America
Business Groups’ Reflexive Anti-Worker Demagogy
In New York, the business lobby resorts to apocalyptic ads to stop a ban on noncompete provisions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Dueling Petitions Highlight DOJ–Big Tech Revolving Door
While Google seeks to toss Jonathan Kanter off a pending case concerning its adtech business, the company hired a law firm that previously represented its direct competitors.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Google Erects Cone of Silence Around Antitrust Case
The company has successfully closed off testimony and exhibits in the public trial, limiting public discussion of its monopoly.
Posted inBooks
How Big Tech Is Undermining Childhood
A conversation with author and child advocate Susan Linn
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System
A new report shows that Amazon now takes 45 percent of all third-party sales on its website, part of the company’s goal to become a monopoly gatekeeper for economic transactions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Justice Department Says Google ‘Flexed Its Muscle’ as a Monopolist
On day one of the historic monopolization trial, the government put Google’s chief economist on the stand to show that the company valued default status on browsers and devices.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The First of Several Trials of the Century
U.S. v. Google, which begins today, is part of a litany of cases against dominant firms from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust enforcers. Here’s what it’s all about.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Against Private Enterprise
In their view, business should be forced to be transphobic and ignore climate change.