How Big Business Uses Big Government To Kill Competition
Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.
Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.
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Taken together, these six measures would have a major impact on the way we shop, chat, and otherwise go about our business online.
In capitalist societies, the poor get richer.
How reactionary politicians are using monopoly concerns as cover to pursue pre-existing political agendas
A new antitrust suit targets third-party seller agreements.
Hawley’s legislation would give officials more room to unilaterally punish business behaviors they personally don’t like.
The pro-union left agrees with the MAGA right: If you can't beat 'em, claim they cheated.
She said the quiet part out loud.
Politicians on the right and the left are coming for your free speech.
A proposed wealth tax would collect 97 percent of its revenue from famous billionaires.
Amazon denies any impropriety in its decision to suspend the Twitter alternative, dismissing the suit as "meritless."
After a 16-month investigation into the big four tech companies, it seems the most that congressional busybodies can accuse them of is routine business practices and having popular services.
At the end of August, the FAA finally gave Amazon approval for its Prime Air drone delivery fleet.
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America has been lagging behind other countries.
Siri, what color is the kettle?
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The scary monopoly power on display Wednesday was the federal government's.
The city has passed a new payroll tax on large employers that is expected to raise over $200 million a year.
Both companies need to join IBM and others in entirely abandoning the development of this mass surveillance technology.
Karen wants to speak to your manager. The senator from Missouri wants to become your manager.
The lawmaker says that the company's data practices violate antitrust law. They do not.
The congresswoman claimed that Amazon is "refusing to provide basic protective equipment to workers." That's not true.
A global pandemic has done what 30 years of internet manifestoes never accomplished: a mass migration into our screens.
A previous version of the tax was repealed a month after it was passed in 2018.
What is the correct reward for the person who creates something that millions of people want badly enough to pay for it?
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TV's cultural dominance is unchecked by anything except your own time, and increasingly tailored to your unique interests and obsessions.
"I’m not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolistic companies dominate our democracy," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Left and right are joining forces under the banner of “hipster antitrust.”
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Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook are all in the federal government’s crosshairs.
Both Democrats and Republicans are cheerleading for government action against Facebook, Google, Amazon, and the rest, but Americans should be skeptical.
Many innovations' benefits aren't captured by the GDP.
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The Democratic presidential hopeful tweeted that the company pays "a lower tax rate than firefighters and teachers."
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The city's Board of Supervisors said that no-cash policies discriminate against the poor.
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Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and most of the 2020 presidential field agree that tech companies have too power. But maybe they don't like the competition.