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The $25B Kroger-Albertsons Merger Is Going to Fail
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission moved to block the $25...
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Did Google, Facebook, and Amazon Endorse Jim Crow?
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.On Monday, the Supreme Court heard an important case...
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Monopoly Round-Up: Congress to Undermine Antitrust Division Budget?
Every Sunday, I do a monopoly round-up for paid subscribers. Today’s review is chock full of news, but the first item is disturbing. So I’ve decided to make the first part of this issue available to...
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Does Biden Welcome Their Hatred?
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.This week was the State of the Union speech, which sounded like...
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The TikTok Problem Is Not What You Think
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.This week, the House of Representatives passed a bill to force...
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In Lake Wobegon, All Antitrust Enforcers Are Above Average
In radio host and author Garrison Keillor’s famous radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, the fictional town of Lake Wobegon is a quaint pastoral spot on the edge of the prairie in Minnesota. A satire...
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Why the Apple Antitrust Suit Matters
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.Today, the Department of Justice and 16 states led by officials...
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Monopoly Round-Up: How FTC Chair Lina Khan Cut Inhaler Costs to $35
This week’s monopoly round-up has lots of news, as usual, especially reverberations from the Apple antitrust announcement. That’s now four trillion dollar tech firms facing monopolization charges from...
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Explosive New Documents Unearthed On Live Nation/Ticketmaster
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.Earlier this month, antitrust attorney Dan Wall wrote a blog...
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Monopoly Round-Up: How Chain Restaurants and Hotels Collude to Screw You
This week’s monopoly round-up has lots of news, as usual, including some right-wing support for Lina Khan, new Republican enforcers joining the Federal Trade Commission, and a return of important...
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Apple Got Caught Censoring Its Own Regulator Lina Khan
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.“America cannot be content with conditions that fit only the...
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Monopoly Round-Up: A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He?
This week’s monopoly round-up has lots of news, as usual, including some victories for the Antitrust Division, the government causing big health insurance stocks to tumble, and a privacy bill deal in...
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The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.A few days ago, it came out that the CEO of health care goliath...
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A Great Labor Explosion: Will Auto Workers Unionize in Trump Country?
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.Today I’m featuring a piece by a labor journalist named Mike...
View ArticleMonopoly Round-Up: A Holy $&*&$% Week of Stuff
What a remarkable few weeks. Autoworkers unionized a foreign-owned auto factory in the South for the first time ever, the government announced it will vote to ban non-compete agreements, and Congress...
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FTC Enrages Corporate America by Eliminating Non-Compete Agreements
Welcome to BIG, a newsletter on the politics of monopoly power. If you’d like to sign up to receive issues over email, you can do so here.Today, the Federal Trade Commission, led by Chair Lina Khan,...
View ArticleThis Week Is What Governing Looks Like
Yesterday the FTC banned non-competes for workers, which is an earthquake in employment law. As conservative Congressman Matt Gaetz put it, the move is a “vindication of economic freedom and free...
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