Matt Stoller’s ‘Goliath’ seeks to recover and explain the anti-monopoly tradition of the 20th century, at a time when it is urgently needed in the 21st.
corporate power
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
It’s Time to Break Up Disney
The company known for Mickey Mouse is now a sprawling conglomerate in entertainment and beyond, and that’s a big problem.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Really End Shareholder Capitalism
It’s now increasingly clear that maximizing shareholder value has led to minimizing everything else a corporation could and should do.
Posted inEconomic Policy
CFPB Summoning Zombie Debt Back to Life
The consumer agency is finalizing new rules on debt collectors that would enable them to get judgments on illegitimate debts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Warren Plan Would Close Tax Loophole Joe Biden Uses
Biden makes use of the “Gingrich-Edwards” loophole to avoid payroll taxes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fine Purdue Pharma? No. Nationalize It? Now We’re Talking.
The opioid manufacturer wants a global settlement. Americans need personal accountability. Making Purdue a public beneficiary trust company could yield some interesting options.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Shaky Case Against Wealth Taxation
Contrary to the skeptics, taxing wealth is both feasible and constitutional. It’s also the most progressive form of taxation available.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The 5-Step CEO Pay Scam
And how to reverse widening inequalities of income and wealth in America
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Business Roundtable’s Strange Outbreak of Social Conscience
Needed: less public relations blather and more pitchforks
Posted inEconomic Policy
No Seat at the Table: Steven Greenhouse on Labor’s Silenced Voice
A veteran labor reporter finds hope for unions in boycotts, minimum-wage campaigns, and strikes.
