The involvement of Saudi funding might force antitrust enforcers to act this time, however.
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Posted inBooks
Days of Plunder
Two new books call ‘private equity’ what it actually is, but neither offers much hope for emancipation from our eternal hostile takeover.
Posted inWorking in America
Unions Pursue Monopsony Case Against Pennsylvania Hospital Network
The case against UPMC could serve as a model for labor-related antitrust enforcement.
Posted inTAP
The Global Race to the Bottom
Today on TAP: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Washington Bargained Away Rural America
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Case for Judge Tim Wu
Biden’s administration, like his Democratic predecessors, isn’t prioritizing diversity in worldview when selecting federal judges.
Posted inPolitics
Katie Porter Is Teaching the Government How to Govern
As she barnstorms the state, the Senate hopeful is making the pitch that Congress and the executive branch have the power to fix their own dysfunction.
Posted inLaw and Justice
President Biden Must Appoint More Corporate Skeptics to Federal Courts
Republicans have been blasting right-wing propaganda at the judiciary for 50 years.
Posted inTAP
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
Today on TAP: The new movement to connect the restoration of democracy with the revival of antitrust and competition
Posted inWorking in America
FTC Forum Shows the Oppression of Noncompete Agreements
From the top to the bottom of the wage scale, these contract clauses are abusive and predatory.