#Monopolies

Emily Best

emilybest

Something that has been on my mind, though it's not impending-coup level of importance: while the pandemic was wreaking havoc on the entertainment business, a very important anti-trust law preventing

Robert Reich

RBReich

We're in the Second Gilded Age just like the first -- when America's wealth was in the hands of a few, conspicuous consumption existed alongside homelessness and hunger, monopolies destroyed

Lip

philipsophy

'Google is an effective monopoly & by withholding access to timely, accurate & important information they show clearly how they impact what access Australians have to that'Today it's no exaggeration

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

Why don’t the post-lefties go for more Ferengi references in criticizing the “Marxist-Bezozists”? It’s the perfect illustration of their critique! Consider: the grand negus has a functional meta-monopoly. He assigns

Tim Linka

TimRuhr

I'm torn on Trump getting banned from Twitter (and a dozen other platforms). He's a menace but do I want private monopolies decide who can have a voice? Hell no.

Deepu Chandran

deepuchandranpk

“Why are these farmers protesting?They are obviously misled. Isn’t free markets a better solution for farmers?Don’t these bills allow them to sell anywhere?”asked an IIM Batchmate of mine. He is

C Roberts(Tweets from an occupied Scotland)

CRobertsonUK

Sky, Virgin, and the BBC share about 2.5 billion pounds of Scots money p.a.Its not added to Scots GDP.They are preventing Scotlands media output being at least like that of

I-MAK

IMAKglobal

How do drugmakers extend their monopolies on life-saving drugs even as their patents and market exclusivities are on the cusp of expiring?Let’s look at the story behind Suboxone, a drug

This Nigga Spittin

MarxIsMyNigga

Lenin laid out 5 characteristics of imperialism for us to consider when analyzing whether a nation is an imperialist nation.1) The concentration of production and capital developed to such a

Jorge Bergoglio

HereIsJorge

The Influence of Jewish Culture on the Intellectual Heritage of Central and Eastern Europe contents (p. 17) The beginning of the ruling class-judaic partnership. #TaxFarming #Alcohol #Usury #Monopolies (p. 18)

Wolfie Christl

WolfieChristl

Without much doubt, a full Section 230 *repeal* would be extremely disruptive (if at all possible b/c of USMCA).But everyone who has been opposing any *reform* for years, and who

Sandeep Vaheesan

sandeepvaheesan

1. Inspired by the New Yorker's damning portrait of WeWork and American capitalism today, a thread on how law unavoidably shapes business strategy, for better or for worse 2.

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

How come Democratic politicians demanded Parler be removed from the internet but didn’t demand that of Facebook, given that all evidence now demonstrates (as was clear from the start) that

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

So yesterday I'm on the phone with @matthewstoller, asking him deep questions about his life, when the Facebook case drops.Which is like texting with the pope when the Second Coming

DHH

dhh

What do you mean Standard Oil has a monopoly? You could heat your house with a wood-burning fireplace. Or keep your horse instead of getting a car! And the railroads?

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

America has passed four major antitrust bills since the Sherman Act of 1890. Each bill makes it clear that monopolism is a problem in and of itself - that allowing

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