The Robinson-Patman Act is mischaracterized as punishing low prices. It’s actually about preventing powerful monopolies that raise prices in the future.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Google’s Monopoly Be Vanquished?
The path includes appeals challenges, a judicially ordered remedy phase, and a change in the presidency.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Elon Musk Thinks Advertisers Not Paying Him Money Should Be Illegal
America’s right-wing judicial tyrants face their most preposterous lawsuit yet.
Posted inTAP
Federal Judge: Google Is a Monopoly
Today on TAP: The Justice Department just won its case against Google.
Posted inPolitics
The Case for Pragmatic Socialism
The times are right for a socialist agenda that America can accept. We even have examples of it in practice.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Anti-Monopoly Crusader Funded by Jeff Bezos
A mailer supporting New Hampshire House candidate Maggie Goodlander is from a pro-veteran PAC that Bezos and his parents gave millions to.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Hits the Locker Room
Private equity firms are maneuvering to invest in college athletes, their schools, and the conferences they play in. The deals could add risk to the whole system.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Domination Tour
Four decades of intensifying corporate concentration turned the music industry into a wasteland of institutionalized control and abuse. Are antitrust enforcers ready to reckon with that?
Posted inTAP
Enter Big Money, Stage Right
Today on TAP: Crypto mega-investors and media monopolists threaten the Democrats.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: What to Expect From the Next Four Years
This week on our live show, David Dayen and Luke Goldstein dive into Kamala Harris’s record.
