The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
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Small Business Rises Up Against ‘the Robbery’ in Greece
Eye-popping power bills have devastated midsized companies across Europe. But thanks to a sadistic EU energy privatization regimen called the Target Model, no one has been hit harder than Greece.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Small Businesses Rise to Fight Wall Street
Increased swipe fees got shopkeepers mobilized, and could further an anti-monopoly revolution.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Endgame
The company is transitioning to become an unavoidable gatekeeper in all commerce.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
Posted inWorking in America
The Conservative Astroturf Organization Rolling Back Child Labor Protections
The National Federation of Independent Business has been active in passing new laws allowing teenagers to work long and late hours in three states.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Returning to Fairness
A commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission considers rural America and open markets.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon Continues Preying on Third-Party Sellers
Another round of fees on transactions reveals what increasingly looks like a predatory scheme.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Random D.C. Lobbying Campaign of the Week: The Big Tech Bills
Tech companies are reaching out to small businesses that rely on them, to try to whip up grassroots opposition to legislation that weakens their power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Regulator Signals Comfort With Allowing More Bank Mergers
The OCC’s Michael Hsu expresses openness to behavioral remedies for bank mergers, when they have been shown not to work in other sectors.