Pluralistic: The new globalism is global labor (20 May 2024)

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The new globalism is global labor: The Battle of Seattle's other shoe drops.
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Pluralistic: Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander (18 May 2024)

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Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander: Handcuffs for the invisible hand.
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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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Pluralistic: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search (24 Apr 2024)

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The specific process by which Google enshittified its search: Ed Zitron has Prabhakar Raghavan bang to rights.
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Pluralistic: Precaritize bosses (19 Apr 2024)

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Precaritize bosses: When the ruling class tells you what motivates them, believe them the first time.
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Pluralistic: The unexpected upside of multinational monopoly capitalism (10 Apr 2024)

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The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy.
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Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024)

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Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice.
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Pluralistic: The antitrust case against Apple (22 Mar 2024)

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The antitrust case against Apple: End of the line for Apple exceptionalism.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
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