Aggressive anti-monopoly enforcement can only go so far without clearing out a thicket of bad judicial rulings and establishing new laws.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon Warns Sellers: Marketplace Could Shut Down If Congress Tries to Regulate It
Direct email communications seek to motivate third-party sellers to lobby their representatives.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Great Supply Shock We Brought Upon Ourselves
A half-century of neglecting fragilities in production and a confluence of disruptions have brought us to this point.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Does Peter Thiel Want?
Inside the conservative tech investor’s play for the Senate
Posted inLaw and Justice
The New Brandeis Movement Has Its Moment
Biden’s DOJ moves toward anti-monopoly enforcement and away from Merrick Garland.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Biden Can Reinvent Big Pharma
So it can’t buy off competitors to keep prices high
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Amazon Controls Virtually Everything You Watch
Amazon Web Services delivers almost all filmed media in the United States to your screen of choice. How are they leveraging that power?
Posted inDay One Agenda
Biden’s Back on the Day One Agenda
Executive actions on right to repair and noncompete agreements show the power of implementing existing laws that can help people.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Zoe Lofgren: The Democratic Holdout on Big Tech Legislation
Lofgren, who represents part of Silicon Valley, opposes the suite of bills challenging the dominant tech platforms. She’s also taken a lot of money from those companies.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
