The word “monopoly” was once a fixture of political discourse, writes @stacyfmitchell. Where has it gone?
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****** Why Judges Let Monopolists Off the Hook
“If Americans want to protect the economy from Goliaths that trample all over workers and small businesses, Congress and the states are going to have to pass new laws that make it easier to bring, and win, antitrust cases,” @ZephyrTeachout writes:
The Great Grocery Squeeze
Food deserts “didn’t materialize around the country for no reason,” @stacyfmitchell writes. “Something happened. That something was a specific federal policy change in the 1980s.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYZHF6lsh3gwbKjT04v0Dyvo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
FW: Check this out on Amazon Neoliberalism books I have read
Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism https://a.co/d/0rJJ7NX
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era https://a.co/d/irt7p79
[The Washington Post] Democrats don’t have a working-class problem. America does.
Democrats don’t have a working-class problem. America does.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/29/democrats-working-people/
The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics
“If elections are battles of perceptions, our data suggest that this was a battle Democrats lost in 2024,” Stephen Hawkins and @dyudkin write. “Trump appears to have been more effective at defining Democrats’ priorities to the American public.”
******* [The Washington Post] Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters
Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/29/newsletter-democrats-shortcuts-low-information-voters/
*********** Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Social media has dissolved the mortar of our society and made America stupid, @JonHaidt argues. It’s not just a phase:
The Fox News Rebound
“Trump’s selection of so many Fox alumni for his administration is in part a reflection of his instinct that politics is really a form of entertainment,” writes @GrahamDavidA, “and one of the key qualifications he seeks in any aide is looking the part”:
**** What the Broligarchs Want From Trump
“The broligarchs’ ascendancy on both the foreign- and domestic-policy fronts has taken many observers by surprise—including me,” @EBHarrington writes.