Which they did on Tuesday, when the NLRB and the Justice Department announced a joint effort to go after monopsonistic violators of workers’ rights
antitrust
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Now, Amazon Wants to Be Your Doctor
A proposed merger with One Medical would further Amazon’s efforts to sit in the middle of health care transactions.
Posted inPolitics
David Segal, Populist Coalition Builder, Runs for Congress in Rhode Island
He’s running on a track record of transpartisan success in fighting militarism and corporate power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Railroad Profit-Making Strategy Comes at a Cost
A looming strike and struggles with a proposed merger could reflect a reckoning for the rail industry’s determined efforts to squeeze capacity.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google Tries to Bargain Its Way out of Antitrust Trouble
But its proposal to take its adtech business into a separate business line is a weak substitute for real reform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
New York’s Democratic Primary Could Decide the Fate of Democrats’ Big Tech Push
If Jerry Nadler loses, the House Judiciary Committee leadership would likely go to Silicon Valley defender Zoe Lofgren.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Debate That Could Blow Up the Big Tech Legislative Crackdown
And one Google-funded academic’s role in it
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Hidden Driver of High Gas Prices
Reduced refinery capacity, in large part triggered by industry consolidation, has been a major factor.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Clock Ticking on Big Tech Accountability Bills
The industry, and a couple of nervous Democrats, want to keep the legislation forever off the Senate calendar. Chuck Schumer is the key decision-maker.
Posted inTAP
A Formula for Public Ownership
Today on TAP: What the Similac debacle teaches about the consequences of arrogant corporate concentration