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
Does Monopoly Power Explain Workers’ Stagnant Wages? Does Monopoly Power Explain Workers’ Stagnant Wages?
As industries get more concentrated, workers have fewer employment options—and less leverage to get a raise.
Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
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
Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer
Margrethe Vestager, the EU commissioner for competition, discusses leveling the economic playing field.
Feb 15, 2018 / Q&A / Mike Konczal
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
Does Katie Roiphe Understand What a Sex Panic Is? Does Katie Roiphe Understand What a Sex Panic Is?
There are many examples of sex-related miscarriages of justice. #MeToo is not one of them.
Feb 14, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is to Spend Less on Infrastructure Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is to Spend Less on Infrastructure
The administration’s plan is to spend money with one hand, and take it away with the other.
Feb 13, 2018 / David Dayen