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Discover Better Options by Rejecting the Tyranny of False Choice Feb. 28, 2025
Type "biggest monopolies today" into your Google search bar and click. What can you expect to find n... Read More
Let's Fight this 5-Alarm Monopoly Fire Feb. 12, 2025
Here's something I had never given any thought to: the price of fire trucks. Plus, a worrisome fire ... Read More
Greed Is Immoral. Health Care Greed Is Abominable Dec. 18, 2024
America has endured a long panorama of corporate greed — from the East India Trading Company t... Read More
Three Economic Myths to Put To Rest This Year Jan. 04, 2024
As a new year dawns, it's customary to reflect on the past and set resolutions for the future. This ... Read More
Congress, Here Are Two Bipartisan Gift Ideas for Our Children Dec. 21, 2023
As the festive season approaches, with its twinkling lights and merry carols, the item topping my Ch... Read More
Congress Will Need a New Idea in 2024. Will It Choose a Good One? Dec. 14, 2023
With U.S. government revenues rising, 2023 might have been a good year to get America's post-COVID-1... Read More
The Cult of 'Forever Low' Interest Rates Had to End Sometime Oct. 12, 2023
Countless financial soothsayers and Wall Street wizards were once members of a curious cult. Their d... Read More
Solving America's Housing Woes or Making Them Worse? Sep. 28, 2023
America needs more housing. Pressure for reform is only growing as available homes get less and less... Read More
Is Google Guilty of Being Too Popular With Consumers? Sep. 19, 2023
You may have heard the Biden Justice Department is suing Google in federal court for being a "monopo... Read More
The Surprising, Uplifting Truth About Inequality Sep. 14, 2023
Today's hyperpartisan and frequently negative news cycle ignores one significant and uplifting story... Read More
To Fight Climate Change, Stop Fighting China on Electric Vehicles Sep. 07, 2023
Much of the banter surrounding the rise of China's electric vehicle (EV) industry and the implicatio... Read More
Corporate Mergers Are Under Attack, But Not on Your Behalf Aug. 17, 2023
Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a draft of ... Read More
The Unreported News About Your 'Newspaper' Jun. 14, 2023
Why would your local newspaper not even mention an important local news story? Perhaps because it's ... Read More
Bovine Excrement Apr. 27, 2022
It's not widely discussed, but market concentration is a devastating double-edged sword, cutting dee... Read More
Manufactured Meat Dec. 15, 2021
Who needs farms and ranches when food industrializers have petri dishes, fetal bovine serum, and cel... Read More
How To Play Monopoly Dec. 01, 2021
In the board game Monopoly, the goal is straightforward: Accumulate property, control the board and ... Read More
Why Would We Let Wall Street "Care For" Our Pets? Oct. 20, 2021
For many people, the animals they adopt and love become more like family members than pets. We form ... Read More
American Tech Sector Keeps Blowing Away the Rest of the World Aug. 03, 2021
Take a bow, America. It's official and irrefutable: The U.S. is blowing out the rest of the world in... Read More
Shameless Monopolies and Makers May. 12, 2021
For the past several years, monopolistic price fixing by two multibillion-dollar milk processing beh... Read More
To Bust Monopoly Power, Start With Dinner Apr. 14, 2021
No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what's for dinner. Practically every commodity and every s... Read More
