Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.
Economic Policy
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The Shifting Anti-Monopoly Landscape
Fights over data centers and music venues show that resisting corporate power will have to go local in the age of Trump.
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How Fast Fashion Keeps People Poor
Companies like Shein are using influencers to get Zoomers hooked on truckloads of shoddy clothing.
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Judge the Actually Existing Trump Economy, Not the Theory
Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.
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Injecting Crypto Into the Mortgage Market
Trump’s top housing regulator wants to allow crypto to be used as collateral for mortgages.
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How John Roberts Can Help Trump Control the Fed
Today on TAP: Trump didn’t give a reason for firing other members of independent agencies. Roberts can say he gave one here.
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What State Capitalism Can Do—and What It Can’t
Today on TAP: Trump’s version is a joke. But even our version would have limited benefits.
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Trump Attempts to Take Over Fed
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.
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Trump’s Hit Job Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Today on TAP: The real fraud here is the misuse of confidential government data.
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Private Equity Ripped the Heart Out of Skateboarding
Multiple buyouts and bankruptcies have ruined iconic brands and hollowed out skateboarding culture. It’s our financialized economy in miniature.