Its product has never been more critically or financially successful. Why is it auctioning itself off?
corporate power
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity’s Utility Spending Spree Threatens New Mexico
Two firms are vying for control over much of New Mexico’s energy infrastructure, but consumer advocates are fighting back.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Why Everything Is More Expensive
David and writing fellow Emma Janssen discuss their contributions to the Prospect’s weeklong series on affordability.
Posted inWorking in America
The $79 Trillion Heist
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Prices in the Machine
AI’s real contribution to humanity could be maximizing corporate profit by preying on personal data to raise prices. In fact, it’s already happening.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Sources of America’s Hidden Inflation
How market power jacks up prices, and how Trump’s policies add to the pressure
Posted inEconomic Policy
Selling the Poor on Spending Like They’re Rich
How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class
Posted inPolitics
Grocery Bills and Corporate Taxes Dominate Upset Bid in Tennessee
Aftyn Behn is trying to flip a seat Donald Trump won by 22 points in a December 2 special election. She’s sounding populist messages to do it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chicagoans Grill AT&T for Facilitating ICE Terror
Organizers in Chicago are demanding the telecom giant cut ties with the Department of Homeland Security. It’s part of a larger strategy targeting corporate complicity in the federal immigration crackdown.
Posted inWorking in America
Starbucks Workers Tell Bosses: No Contract, No Coffee
Starbucks baristas didn’t want to go on strike. But after four years of waiting for a contract at any of their hundreds of unionized stores, 12,000 workers at one of the world’s biggest fast-food companies are demonstrating their resolve.
