The hearing featuring Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and others has rules that could allow them to escape serious scrutiny.
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Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: How the Pandemic Expands Corporate Power
And how we can fight back. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 22, 2020.
Posted inBooks
Monopolies Are Why Salt and Water in a Bag Became a Scarce Item
An excerpt from a new book on life in the age of corporate power
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Most Subversive Show on Television
‘Corporate’ co-creators Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman have built a recognizable world based on the vice grip that corporate America holds over the country.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas
A leading antitrust scholar has been working for two tech giants and not disclosing it in her work.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
As the Revolving Door Swings
Big Tech could be forestalling platform regulation in a stealthy way.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: There Is No Flood of COVID Lawsuits Against Businesses
Also, how coronavirus deaths are proceeding. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 16, 2020.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
3M: Monopoly, Misrepresentation, and Malpractice
Hundreds of thousands of troops suffered hearing loss from 3M’s faulty battlefield earplugs. They allege that the company and its private equity–fueled acquisition falsified data and knowingly hid evidence.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Facebook Boycott and Corporate Co-Optation
Big business tries to divert a protest movement into meaningless symbols.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Decisive Tax Defeat for the Multinationals?
Altera, owned by Intel, just lost a major case on corporate offshore tax evasion. It could signal the end of ‘transfer pricing’—the most common and flagrant way big companies avoid taxes.