The judge’s ruling in the case revealed all the deficiencies in the manufacturing and distribution of commercial air travel.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Unmasking the Local TV Station Monopolies
Deregulation has rendered station ownership caps meaningless. But a federal antitrust case and a new FCC majority offer one last chance to unwind broadcast consolidation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Harbinger in Hollywood
A tattered entertainment industry is hoping to solve its problems with mergers. Will Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers force a Plan B?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Building a Giant
Mapping UnitedHealth’s consumption of our health care system—from the ’70s to today
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Merger Guidelines Quietly Reshape the Business Landscape
It just got much harder for companies to buy up their competitors.
Posted inTransportation
The Second Wave of Airline Concentration
After the biggest companies used mergers a decade ago to dominate, now the lower-tier competitors are getting into the game. But they face headwinds from federal regulators.
Posted inTAP
Jury Finds That Google Is a Monopolist
Today on TAP: Disgruntled ex-FTC employees dishing to mainstream media aside, the public understands the rampant use of Big Tech monopoly power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Monopolies and Maps Are Killing ‘Internet for All’
The $65 million moon shot to bring every American affordable broadband is failing low-income communities of color.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Chris Murphy: ‘This Party Has Not Made a Firm Break From Neoliberalism’
Connecticut’s junior senator launches a new interview series focused on monopoly power, part of his quest to understand American unhappiness.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Euthanize This (Merger)
The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth.
