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Amazon’s $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System
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.
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 inAmerica and the World
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.