It’s Time to Break Up Amazon It’s Time to Break Up Amazon
Stacy Mitchell, plus Bryce Covert on low-wage workers, and Bob Dreyfuss on the Russiagate indictments.
Feb 22, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
6 Ways to Rein In Today’s Toxic Monopolies 6 Ways to Rein In Today’s Toxic Monopolies
Monopolies are strangling competition and cutting off opportunity. Here’s how to stop them.
Feb 16, 2018 / Stacy Mitchell
By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies
Industry consolidation has squashed competition and created huge profits for a tiny elite.
Feb 15, 2018 / Emmalina Glinskis
Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market
The company is a radically new kind of monopoly with ambitions that dwarf those of earlier empires.
Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / Stacy Mitchell
How Monopolies Gamed the System How Monopolies Gamed the System
And why we need to change the rules—again.
Feb 15, 2018 / The Nation
Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Big Fight’ Against Monopolies
Warren speaks to The Nation about power, markets, and breaking up corporate giants.
Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick
Special Investigation: The Dirty Secret Behind Warren Buffett’s Billions Special Investigation: The Dirty Secret Behind Warren Buffett’s Billions
America’s favorite investor loves monopoly, not free markets.
Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / David Dayen
Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy Elizabeth Warren: The New Monopolies Are Destroying Our Economy and Democracy
George Zornick speaks to the senator, David Dayen on Warren Buffett, and Katha Pollitt on Trump and women.
Feb 15, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050 The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050
What would it take to make the fashion industry truly sustainable?
Feb 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers
Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.
Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen