Pluralistic: Millionaire on billionaire violence (10 Aug 2025)

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Millionaire on billionaire violence: Let them fight.
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Pluralistic: Good ideas are popular (07 Aug 2025)

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Good ideas are popular: But they're impolitic.
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Pluralistic: Boss-politics antitrust and the MAGA crackup (29 Jul 2025)

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Boss-politics antitrust and the MAGA crackup: The Tunney Act stirs the pot.
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Pluralistic: Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity (28 Jun 2025)

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Antitrust defies politics' law of gravity: Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops.
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Pluralistic: Who Broke the Internet? Part III (19 May 2025)

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Who Broke the Internet? Part III: The paradox of "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox."
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Pluralistic: Plinkpump linkdump (17 May 2025)

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Plinkpump linkdump: A blogging sabbath.
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Pluralistic: Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People' (23 Apr 2025)

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Sarah Wynn-Williams's 'Careless People': "Too big to care."
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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: Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn't give a shit about breast cancer (12 Apr 2025)

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Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn't give a shit about breast cancer: They owe $421 million for denying 91% of charges for breast reconstruction.
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Pluralistic: Zuckerberg in the dock (11 Apr 2025)

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Zuckerberg in the dock: Facebook is finally going on trial.
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