Interesting piece. I don't think it is as bad as some are making out, although I do get others issues with it. I don't agree with everything in the piece, and there are bits it gets okay.

newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/… The idea that we should be "against industrial policy" is for the birds though. Sure, most industrial policy today fails on switching the ownership of the economy and tackling deep structural issues. But you don't have to have one without the other.

A handful of firms control every aspect of your life, from the medicine you take to the food you eat. But why is the issue and what can we do about it?

A quick thread on a report by myself and @nickdearden75 for @GlobalJusticeUK on monopoly capitalism.

globaljustice.org.uk/resource/monop… As vast swathes of society are struggling with inflation, low pay and decimated public services, the profits of the biggest 500 firms on the planet near enough doubled.