They’re shaping our market, our democracy—our entire reality. If we’re going to fix them, we need to understand them.
Special Report: Monopoly Nation
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The Double Standard of Antitrust Law
How today’s antitrust law strengthens top-down corporate control and weakens democratic cooperation
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The Insulin Racket
Insulin is a 100-year-old drug whose wholesale price has tripled in ten years. The reasons why explain everything wrong with America’s broken prescription drug market.
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In the Land of the Giants
This article appears in the Summer 2019 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. I spent the day after the 2016 election at Yale Law School, Hillary Clinton’s alma mater. I was supposed to speak to a foreclosure litigation class about my book Chain of Title, and then address the local chapter of the […]
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Monopolist’s Worst Nightmare: The Elizabeth Warren Interview
“The problem is a government that won’t get in the fight on the side of the people.”
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As Consumer Protections Dwindle, Schools Push Financial Literacy
Teaching students how to manage their money has become mandatory in many K-12 classrooms. But can it substitute for real enforcement of financial fraud?