monopoly

Oligopoly the Game

Christopher Weyant Jan 20, 2025 Dig deeper

Richard R. John / History News Network Oct 25, 2024 How the younger brother of the famous general set out to stop indolent monopolies from using tariff protection to destroy competition. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Technology

Federal Court Rules Google a Monopoly

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Aug 6, 2024 The tech giant is expected to appeal, but the case has huge implications for the industry as a whole. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Why Has Trump Stopped Attacking Big Business?

Matt Stoller / The Big Newsletter Jun 19, 2024 In 2016, Donald Trump went after CEOs so often that the Wall Street Journal set up a tracker of stocks whose leaders he insulted. No longer. What happened? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The Man Most Responsible for the Monopolization of America

Robert Reich / Substack Sep 12, 2023 As the United States moves against Google, antitrust law is still under the influence of Robert Bork. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Media

NYT Questions FTC’s Attempts to Curb Corporate Power

Bradley Blankenship / FAIR Jul 17, 2023 FTC Chair Lina Khan's efforts to curb corporate power "Raise Questions"—from corporate America, who the NYT quotes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Federal Government Plans Breakup of Organ Transplant Monopoly

Malena Carollo / The Markup Mar 24, 2023 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to breakup the organ transplant monopoly. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Disaster of Utopian Engineering

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 28, 2020 Neoliberalism, the latest utopian project, aims at concentrating wealth in the hands of the few while reducing the many to peonage. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Congress Hammers Big Tech on Competition, Money, Power

BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN / The Associated Press Jul 18, 2019 Both Democrats and Republicans had grievances to air this week, even if there wasn’t much consensus on what to do about them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Is the Government Finally Going After Google and Amazon?

Ilana Novick Jun 3, 2019 Agencies are taking steps toward investigations of the tech behemoths. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corporations Are Waging All-Out Class War

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 2, 2018 Four tech superpowers raked in half of this year’s stock price gains by the 500 largest corporations. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Biggest Economic Problem You’re Hearing Almost Nothing About (Video)

Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org May 7, 2018 America used to have antitrust laws that stopped corporations from monopolizing markets, and often broke up the biggest culprits. No longer. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )