Three corporate giants now dominate the majority of America’s food system under capitalism—controlling distribution, squeezing producers, exploiting labor, and driving up prices. This isn’t a market; it’s monopoly power in motion under late-stage capitalism. #MonopolyPower #LateStageCapitalism

Washington finally admits what communities have felt for years: private equity’s grip on housing is out of control. But without public investment, the supply crisis won’t budge. Break monopoly power, build real homes.
#HousingCrisis #MonopolyPower

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Why Should We Allow Food Monopolies? Let’s Bust The System! Massive retail chains like Walmart, Kroger, and Dollar Store have crushed thousands of local grocers. This has left millions of Americans living in “food deserts.”

Walmart, Kroger, and Dollar Store didn't beat local grocers through competition. They bought politicians to rig the rules.

Millions of us now live in food deserts. The antitrust law to fix it is still on the books—we just stopped enforcing it in 1980.

#FoodDeserts #CorporateGreed #MonopolyPower

4 companies control about 75% of the US market for yogurt & 79% of the beer market;
3 firms control 93% of its market for carbonated soft drinks. #monopolypower

4 companies control 56% of the worldwide market for seeds & 61% of the market for pesticides.
5 companies control about 70% to 90% of the worldwide trade in grains
4 companies control 85% of the US supply of beef/70% of its pork/60% of its chicken #monopolypower

Stalin: Even in the most democratic capitalist regime, governments are chosen by dominant economic interests — today’s big finance and monopoly capital. #FinanceRules #MonopolyPower

SpaceX acquiring xAI isn't just 'innovation.' Taxpayer billions fueled SpaceX. Now, that public investment consolidates private AI power. Who truly benefits? #MonopolyPower #TechPolicy

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Federal judge blocks Nielsen's controversial radio ratings policy A federal court has barred Nielsen from enforcing a contested pricing policy that radio giant Cumulus Media argued illegally leverages the measurement company's monopoly power over radio audience data.

Federal judge blocks Nielsen's controversial radio ratings policy #RadioIndustry #Nielsen #CumulusMedia #MonopolyPower #AudienceData

Federal judge blocks Nielsen's controversial radio ratings policy A federal court has barred Nielsen from enforcing a contested pricing policy that radio giant Cumulus Media argued illegally leverages the measurement company's monopoly power over radio audience data.

Federal judge blocks Nielsen's controversial radio ratings policy #RadioIndustry #Nielsen #CumulusMedia #MonopolyPower #AudienceData

When a monopoly controls repairs…

Cory Doctorow explains how one company bought the ventilator industry and locked repairs behind a code.
The full episode explores how tech giants seize the web—and how we can take it back.

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#MonopolyPower #OpenInternet #podcast

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#TimWu: "Tuesday’s ruling is clearly wrong on the merits. The government charged that #Meta, then called Facebook, broke the law when it bought up its competitors Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. Judge #Boasberg threw out the case by concluding that Meta lacks #monopolypower now, when […]

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7/ It’s time to ask: who really controls our resources and our information?

#MonopolyPower #MediaMonopoly #Antitrust #ConsumerRights #EconomicJustice #FreeSpeech

Ticketmaster's monopoly, strengthened by the Live Nation merger, stifles competition. This dominance enables high fees & alleged collaboration with scalpers, directly harming consumers & the concert experience. It's a key pain point for fans. #MonopolyPower 2/5

Europe and Google: At a Crossroads Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance. This week, we’re continuing our look at the biggest competition case going: Google.

This week’s Counterbalance lays out why structural remedies—not slap-on-the-wrist fines—are the only way forward.

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#Counterbalance #Adtech #MonopolyPower #DigitalDemocracy #EUCompetition

This week’s Counterbalance lays out why structural remedies—not slap-on-the-wrist fines—are the only way forward.

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#Counterbalance #Adtech #MonopolyPower #DigitalDemocracy #EUCompetition

Europe blinks in the fight against Big Tech Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance newsletter. This week, we’re taking stock of Europe’s latest move on Google.

Europe blinked. Big Tech wins a pause.

The EU’s landmark antitrust case against #Google’s #adtech monopoly is delayed

📖 Read our full take: thecounterbalance.substack.com/p/europe-bli...
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#BalancedEconomy #MonopolyPower #DigitalJustice

The Coming Middle-Class Business Wipeout: How the Ultra-Wealthy Plan to Strip America Bare

The Coming Middle-Class Business Wipeout
Why small businesses face a perfect storm—and a rescue agenda we can fight for. #SmallBusiness #MiddleClass #RegulatoryCapture #MonopolyPower #LocalEconomy #Entrepreneurship
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The Great Reset Is Not a Fresh Start — It’s the Largest Heist in Human History

The Great Reset Is Not a Fresh Start
Why elite “resets” entrench control—and how a citizen-led reset looks different. #GreatReset #DemocraticSovereignty #EconomicJustice #DigitalRights #MonopolyPower
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The Competition Act favoured concentration from the start | The-14 Rethinking our trade relationship with the U.S. should be paired with reform to our competition policy. The Competition Act must be understood in the context of Mulroney’s efforts at trade liberalizat...

The Competition Act favoured concentration from the start
#Canada #Trump #USA #CompetitionPolicy #Competition #MonopolyPower #Economy #CompetitionAct #Labour #CorporateConcentration #MarketReform #EconomicJustice #ConsumerRights #Innovation #Antitrust
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The Market Illusion: How Monopoly Power Disguises Itself as Freedom Why the story of the “free market” masks the rise of corporate empires—and what reclaiming democracy really requires.

We were told markets meant freedom. What we got was monopoly power wrapped in populist slogans. Democracy won’t survive unless we take on the private empires shaping our lives. #MonopolyPower #PoliticalEcology #FreeMarketMyth #Democracy #Antitrust #PublicGoods

🎙️ In our latest episode, Nicholas Shaxson breaks down how monopoly power works.

He uses the analogy of an “hourglass”—where 3 or 4 firms dominates the narrow middle and extracts massive profits from both the producer & the consumer.

🎧 Listen in: pod.fo/e/2d98e0

#MonopolyPower #EconomicJustice

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Google’s Ad Monopoly: Court Rules Against Tech Giant Google's Online Ad Monopoly Under Fire: Court Rules Against Tech Giant In a landmark ruling, a federal judge in Virginia

Tech Giant Google Loses Key Antitrust Case Over Ad Practices
#GoogleMonopoly #Antitrust #OnlineAds #DigitalAdvertising #TechRegulation #USCourt #JusticeDepartment #GoogleAds #GoogleLawsuit #MonopolyPower #TechGiants #AdTech #GoogleNews #LegalRuling #FederalCourt #BigTech #AntitrustLaws #GoogleCase

#books #booklist #bookstagram #booktalk #booktok #greatbooks #greatbooksguide #recommendedreading #NationalBatteryDay #BatteryDay #Gillette #proctorandgamble #monopolypower #monopoly #petersgoodman

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"The bottom line, concludes the Judge: “the key question then is this: Do #Google’s exclusive distribution contracts reasonably appear capable of significantly contributing to maintaining Google’s #monopolypower in the general search services market? The answer is ‘yes.’” (p.216). #Amen.

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Biden must put the blame for high prices where it belongs — on big corporations They have record profits, record share prices, and record monopoly power — which is why Biden must threaten them with real consequences unless they stop shafting consumers

#Voters’ top issue is high #prices and the #costofliving #economy #BigCorporations #monopolypower #pricegouging #antitrust #PrescriptionDrugs #meatindustry #corporategreed #gas #food #rent
#corporateprofits #SCOTUS #scotusiscorrupt

#Consumers #wallstreet
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#bookquotes #books #goodbooks #booklist #bookstagram #booktalk #greatbooks #greatbooksguide #BlackFriday #ChokepointCapitalism #capitalism #RebeccaGiblin #doctorow #onlineshopping #shopping #amazon #holidayshopping #holidayshoppers #monopoly #monopolypower

Dismantling the Oppression Economy means rebalancing power dynamics between corporations, workers, consumers & communities.

To understand the consequences of #MonopolyPower, we must center communities of color who bear its brunt. Join me & some of my colleagues for a webinar today at 12p: “From Big Business to a Liberation Economy” Register bit.ly/bigbusinesswebinar