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12 Jan, 10 tweets, 3 min read
So, you may have noticed that “The Courage to Learn” is nearly 200 pages…

You should read it!

But if you’re looking to get a *quick* primer on how economic concentration effects key sectors of our economy like ag, defense, tech & more, we’ve got some one-pagers to help👇
2/ The world’s most dangerous duopoly: @Facebook & @Google

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3/ The heavily concentrated Airlines & Online Travel Agencies ✈️

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4/ The rapidly consolidating Agriculture sector 🌽
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5/ Middleman in nearly every sector of the U.S. economy: @amazon
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6/ How consolidated corporate power hurts working people: Antitrust & Labor 💪

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7/ An industry so consolidated, it’s out of this world: Defense & Aerospace 🚀

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8/ The hollowed out news industry: Newspapers 📰
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9/ Consolidation: a barrier to better Health Care 🩺
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10/10 Lights, Camera, Consolidation: Media & Telecommunications 🎥
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American Economic Liberties Project Profile picture
12 Jan
Today, Economic Liberties is proud to release “The Courage to Learn."

It's a deeply researched case for abandoning the consumer welfare approach & a comprehensive, new antitrust and competition policy agenda for Congress & the Biden administration.
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2/ As @sarahmillerdc explains, “The Courage to Learn tells a previously untold but crucial story about how America’s economy works and why it’s not working well for so many of us.”
3/ “The Courage to Learn” examines the real-world implications of the widespread adoption of the “consumer welfare standard,” which encourages consolidation under the banner of efficiency.

Spoiler alert: it hasn’t been good.
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11 Jan
1/ Happy #MonopolyMonday & #NationalMilkDay! 🥛

This week, we’ll be spotlighting America’s largest dairy monopoly— @dfamilk.
2/ After multiple acquisitions, @dfamilk now controls ~30% of all raw milk in the U.S.

Most recently, they announced in February 2020 that they would be acquiring @deanfoods, the largest producer of milk in the U.S., for $425 million.
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Now, many of these brands and subsidiaries are owned by @dfamilk.
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The @Uber-@Postmates merger will ONLY benefit monopolistic pandemic profiteers focused on growing their power at the expense of restaurants, workers, and consumers.

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And both @Uber & @Postmates use the “Break it till you Make It” approach to the law.
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10 Nov 20
👋 Good morning to the EU regulators who filed antitrust charges against @amazon!

Today’s news is an encouraging sign that the world is waking up to @amazon’s monopoly power.
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Yet when members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee asked @amazon execs, under oath, to explain their practices, they were met with disrespect, obfuscation & outright dishonesty. 😤
3/ @amazon’s abuses don’t stop there.

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To successfully address the crises they’ll inherit, personnel in a Biden administration must be both diverse & independent from big corporate interests.

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1/ Happy #MonopolyMonday!

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