Mapping UnitedHealth’s consumption of our health care system—from the ’70s to today
corporate power
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Merger Guidelines Quietly Reshape the Business Landscape
It just got much harder for companies to buy up their competitors.
Posted inWorking in America
Microsoft, Musk, and the Question of Unions
Suddenly, a leading American corporation appears to be OK with the idea of collective bargaining. Hint: It’s not Tesla.
Posted inTransportation
The Second Wave of Airline Concentration
After the biggest companies used mergers a decade ago to dominate, now the lower-tier competitors are getting into the game. But they face headwinds from federal regulators.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Headhunters Shouldn’t Control Who Can Be a Fed Reserve Bank President
We need a democratic process for appointing leaders of regional Fed banks.
Posted inTAP
Jury Finds That Google Is a Monopolist
Today on TAP: Disgruntled ex-FTC employees dishing to mainstream media aside, the public understands the rampant use of Big Tech monopoly power.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
COP-Out 28
As the debacle in Dubai demonstrates, the oil companies and their OPEC allies are the last people we can trust to solve climate change.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
On Drug Prices, Biden Opts for Talk Over Action
The administration says it has the ability to employ march-in rights to lower drug prices. When will it actually use them?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
What Good Were the Video Game Console Wars?
Our writing fellow pines for times when the video game industry wasn’t so consolidated and littered with junk fees galore.
Posted inWorking in America
A Gaming Company’s Workers Unionized. But the Union Busting Didn’t End There.
TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
