A new report shows that Amazon now takes 45 percent of all third-party sales on its website, part of the company’s goal to become a monopoly gatekeeper for economic transactions.
Federal Trade Commission
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
Posted inWorking in America
NLRB Complaint Calls a Noncompete Agreement an Unfair Labor Practice
The complaint against an Ohio spa follows General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s memo seeking these kinds of cases.
Posted inEconomic Policy
American Steel’s Succession
Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.
Posted inWorking in America
What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes
The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democratic Senate Hopeful’s Company Resists FTC Investigation
Maryland’s David Trone’s liquor store chain enmeshed in antitrust case
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The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
Posted inTAP
The Pro-Corporate New York Times
Today on TAP: Its coverage is often biased and sloppy.
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Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
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Lina Khan Faces an Inquisition
An upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing is an attempt to force her to stand down on fighting corporate power, or face the consequences.
