Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (18 Apr 2025)

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Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case: A folder on his desktop called "mens rea."
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Pluralistic: Twinkump Linkdump (22 Mar 2025)

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Twinkump Linkdump: Loose ends for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers (24 Feb 2025)

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How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers: The Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts is a hell of a henhouse fox.
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Pluralistic: It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually (27 Jan 2025)

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It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually: Just end all the private-sector profiteering.
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Pluralistic: The first days of Boss Politics Antitrust (24 Jan 2025)

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The first days of Boss Politics Antitrust: Selective enforcement in a target-rich environment.
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Pluralistic: Surveillance pricing (05 Jun 2024)

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Surveillance pricing: They spy on you for many reasons, but also to rip you off.
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Pluralistic: The Pizzaburger Presidency (29 May 2024)

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The Pizzaburger Presidency: Why the Biden administration talks so very little about the very small number of very good things it has done.
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Pluralistic: Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp (23 May 2024)

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Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp: Using class warfare as cover for looting.
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Pluralistic: Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress (30 Apr 2024)

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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress: The other gig economy.
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Pluralistic: Antitrust is a labor issue (25 Apr 2024)

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Antitrust is a labor issue: Banning noncompetes is huge, but it's not all the FTC is doing!
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