Bird flu is rampaging among chickens and cattle, while Trump and Musk gut the agencies responsible for stopping it.
antitrust
Posted inEconomic Policy
The New Antitrust Consensus
The Trump administration is maintaining the merger guidelines that Lina Khan co-authored, and big business is angry.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Yes, the Price of Eggs Matters
Consumer sentiment is falling off a cliff in the early Trump period.
Posted inPolitics
Corrupted Capitalism and Dithering Democrats
America needs a true opposition party.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big
One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Q&A: Taking On the Biggest Problems and the Biggest Companies
An exit interview with Jonathan Kanter, Biden’s head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division
Posted inEconomic Policy
When the Government Actually Governs
The Biden administration’s antitrust agencies are hitting the tape with new rules and enforcement actions.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Disney’s Catch and Kill
Disney wanted to corner the market on sports streaming. A rival blocked them. So Disney bought the rival.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Latest Seller Squeeze
A controversial policy would effectively charge sellers when Amazon’s logistics team loses or damages their goods. It could enable Amazon to undercut rivals with its own brands.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Economic Royalists, Corporate Scheming, and the Next Political Era
Our executive editor offers his best of 2024.