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Pluralistic: The one weird monopoly trick that gave us Walmart and Amazon and killed Main Street (14 Aug 2024)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on August 14, 2024August 15, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags a and p, alvaro bedoya, Bryce Tuttle, ftc, impunity, main street, Max M Miller, monopoly, monopsony, prices, regulatory capture, Robinson-Patman Act, the american prospect, too big to care, too big to jail, wright patman1 Comment on Pluralistic: The one weird monopoly trick that gave us Walmart and Amazon and killed Main Street (14 Aug 2024)

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