Pluralistic: 20 Jun 2021


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Pluralistic: 19 Jun 2021


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Pluralistic: 17 Jun 2021


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Pluralistic: 16 Jun 2021


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Pluralistic: 14 Jun 2021


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A Monopoly Isn’t the Same as Legitimate Greatness

Competent monopolists aren’t good monopolists

Ida Tarbell’s uses her writing to kindle a fire on a tree labelled “Standard Oil Traditional Policy of Silence.” A panicked John D Rockefeller peers out of a squirrel-hole, screaming in alarm.

If you do much reading about antitrust, you’re sure to come across Ida Tarbell, the campaigning investigative journalist whose masterful 1904 book, The History of the Standard Oil Company (free ebook, free audiobook), brought down John D. Rockefeller and his monopolistic Standard Oil Company, which was broken up in 1911. It split into seven companies, many of which are still with us—or were, until recent mergers (think: Exxon, Mobil, Esso, Chevron, Texaco, and Amoco).

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Pluralistic: 13 Jun 2021


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Pluralistic: 12 Jun 2021


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  • The ACCESS Act: The most significant interop legislation in US history.
  • This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 11 Jun 2021


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