1. My newsletter BIG on monopoly power just went paid. You should subscribe. I'm surprised by the outpouring of support, but I shouldn't be. People hate monopolies because we hate being dependent on another's will. It's the humiliation. It's this image.
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2. We've felt an inchoate sense of frustration for years, at inequality, polarization, or just being put on hold with an automated phone tree and a customer service rep who is equally powerless. My goal is to show the source of the problem. Monopolies. mattstoller.substack.com/p/a-big-announ…
3. So much of what's going wrong with our commerce and politics is analyzed in isolation. A lot of it is traceable to one upstream cause - the consolidation of economic power. For instance, I've shown that monopolies induce shortages. mattstoller.substack.com/p/counterfeit-…
4. I've pointed out that dominant firms and coercive contracting practices undermine our ability to work where we want and keeps wages lower than they should be. mattstoller.substack.com/p/free-our-doc…
5. Consolidation leads to national security vulnerabilities and planes falling out of the sky. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-coming-b…
6. Mergers and dominance by Disney is transforming the very stories we are allowed to tell in American culture. mattstoller.substack.com/p/its-time-to-…
7. I've shown the dominant roll-up of power in advertising and communication, and how laws like Section 230 that shield big tech from liability, are inducing ethnic violence and polarization. mattstoller.substack.com/p/rumors-sprea…
8. I've reported on a cheerleading monopoly, which has changed the experience of childhood for millions of kids in search of excess profits and market power. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-coming-c…
9. The dominance of McKinsey and the consolidation of defense contracting has led to foreign policy adventurism based on stupidity and, well, stupidity. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-war-in-a…
10. While there's a lot of good reporting on these problems, too many writers are afraid or unable to show it's the acquisition of market power that is the fundamental driver. They are intimidated by economists. mattstoller.substack.com/p/what-is-the-…
11. The dysfunction is underpinned by a system of powerful antitrust defense lawyers, and more importantly, a corrupted economics establishment. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-big-law-…
12. What's awesome, though, is that when we learn our anti-monopoly traditions, people fight back. There are now many more antitrust lawsuits, and more competition, because these problems are being exposed. sportico.com/leagues/other-…
13. We have leaders. There's Lina Khan at the FTC. And in New York, the legislature is on the verge of a bold and remarkable strengthening of antitrust law. mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-antitrus…
14. Now that the government is putting pressure on the Google search monopoly, new competitors like Neeva have emerged. Even Apple might launch a rival to Google search, if the pressure gets hot enough. mattstoller.substack.com/p/could-google…
14. Chatter about antitrust is popping up everywhere. Union members are telling politicians about it as they deal with semiconductor shortages. Biden issued a government-wide order on competition. mattstoller.substack.com/p/biden-launch…
15. In short, education and storytelling works. So subscribe to BIG and support the work exposing the perils of economic consolidation. It's both eye-opening and it makes a big difference. We can win this fight. We are winning this fight. mattstoller.substack.com/p/a-big-announ…
16. I know these guys aren't happy about the antitrust revolution currently in progress. So here's what I'll do for them. If you are a management consultant whose first name is Bob, you get a free subscription to BIG. mattstoller.substack.com/p/a-big-announ…
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