What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
corporate power
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Bump in the Road for Apple
The Department of Justice monopolization lawsuit against Apple highlights Big Tech’s efforts to dominate the automotive business.
Posted inBooks
Who Controls Your Shopping Cart?
Austin Frerick’s ‘Barons’ follows the food-industry giants that have cornered giant portions of the market for everything from coffee to chicken thighs.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying
The Federal Trade Commission found that big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs on food and household goods.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Municipal Broadband Solution
A federal affordable internet program is ending. But muni-owned broadband networks have figured out how to deliver affordable high-speed internet access themselves.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Strange Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
There’s no way America’s last great manufacturer murdered a prominent critic … is there?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Novo Nordisk Discontinues Insulin Medication After Cutting Its Price
Levemir is critical for young people and pregnant women, patients say. But it won’t be sold in the U.S. after this year.
Posted inTAP
Drug Companies Are Fighting Biden’s Efforts to Lower Their Prices
Today on TAP: We should visibly fight back (good for Americans’ health and wallets, and good for Democrats’ prospects).
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
White House Commits to Antitrust Division Budget Restoration
After its budget proposal followed a recent appropriation and capped premerger filing fees for the agency, an administration spokesperson said it would work to reverse that.
