Food Deserts from 99% Invisible
a great introduction to the monopolization of the US economy A key phenomenon of the past fifty years has been the explosion in the monopoly […]
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“Antitrust’s Conservative Future Confronting the tyranny of concentrated economic power”
an interesting view of monopolization from a member of the Federal Trade Commission, Mark Meador, FTC Commissioner Monopoly power has been a dominating force in […]
More Fire Engines and Monopolies
a follow up to my 2.24.2025 post on this topic Reuters is reporting that the International Association of Fire Fighters is asking the Dept. of […]
Extraction Capitalism – the latest phase
a more descriptive name than neoliberal capitalism There is no single entity called “capitalism”. Such a concept exists only as an academic construct (see orthodox […]
Are conservatives changing their minds about fundamental principles?
Jon Stewart and Oren Cass from American Compass American Compass is the self-described home of conservative economics. It describes its mission as: To restore an […]
Fire Engines, Monopolies, & Private Equity
The New York Times published a lengthy report on 2.17.2025, “As Wall Street Chases Profits, Fire Departments Have Paid the Price – Fire engine manufacturing […]
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes
Ben Casselman wrote this piece in the 1.10.2025 NYTimes: “Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?” The article cites […]
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? – from the NYTimes
Ben Casselman wrote this piece in the 1.10.2025 NYTimes: “Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?” The article cites […]