#Monopolies

my heart goes out to everyone affected by the recent #bell layoffs. the gutting of canadian media is a tragedy. talented, hardworking people lose their livelihoods. local coverage suffers. the
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1) Thread: The biggest blind spot of the Democratic Party. Even amongst the anti-monopoly segment of the party, most Democrats don’t seem to understand the significance of the monopoly problem.
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2020 was a shitty year for most things, but it was a banner year for books about fighting monopolies, and for the fight itself. It started (in Dec '19) with
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10 Reasons Why Privatisation Is Bad For you.1. Your services get worsePublic services involve caring for people. But private companies make a profit from public services by cutting corners or
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Will never cease to enrage me how much of all of this can be traced back, directly and cleanly, to Bill Clinton's administration Federal Telecommunications Act (1996), signed by Clinton
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How can we ensure equitable access to COVID-19 products? It is critical that treatments, vaccines and diagnostics developed for COVID-19 reach all those who need them.This question was debated in
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β€œSocialismβ€œ is trending on Twitter and it’s pretty clear that most of the people criticizing what they think is β€œcapitalism” are actually critics of the cronyism and big government/big business
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Vilsack has a troubling history with Big Agriculture monopolies, and he has deep opposition from Black farmers and civil rights advocates. For these reasons, we oppose President-elect Biden's nomination of
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On Jul 1, I'm giving a seminar on how Big Tech distorts our discourse for the @oiioxford. It's free to attend, but you need to RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6015930181073/WN_MnlH5x2XTRqiKKmhU0QPAg1/ This is a
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How many times do billionaires have to pillage the middle & lower classes before something is done?The system is rigged against the lower & middle classes who view themselves as
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If *you* want the economy to *open*, travel to resume, businesses to flourish, health care systems to not collapse, education to continue, then how do you defend patent monopolies in
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Social progress today involves unwinding Progressive Era reforms to a surprising extent, from the bureaucratization of science and academia, to the explosion in private rights of action, to the process-laden
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Tech-Lash will in the first place return to bite the tech giants who started it. Not an immediate threat from the end-user consumer but from sharks in the game of
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An important conversation, but tough reality below.Bill Gates & his foundation have funded incredible, life changing Global Health work. However, Gates' commitment to patent rights & implications for COVID-19 vaccines
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this scenario seems more than likely:1. Pai announces he's leaving the FCC, with the timing intended to help nudge the rush appointment of Trump-ally and Section 230 hater Simington to
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I joke sometimes that the great thing about tech monopolies is how many there are to choose from, but it's actually a real theoretical problem. How does competition theory and
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