The Google trial, an Amazon complaint, an attack on a private equity roll-up, a giant meat price-fixing suit, going after pharma cheating, and populist GOP antitrust nominations. Astonishing.
A consensus has very rapidly formed that reagan-era deregulation of monopolies, especially in big tech, is outmoded. I don't trust the republican's position here (it seems like they want to punish big tech companies for insufficient fealty to republican causes) but in at least the hands-across-the-aisle version, everyone agrees that facebook and google have to go
Honestly, this makes me beyond happy. I'm really hoping Lina Khan comes through with some huge wins that break up big tech.
Great read and man month of September great with these. I hope we win them all.
congress is … on it, in one of the most surprising twists of the 21st century https://www.lee.senate.gov/2023/3/the-america-act
Okay, now that is definitely unexpected.
A consensus has very rapidly formed that reagan-era deregulation of monopolies, especially in big tech, is outmoded. I don't trust the republican's position here (it seems like they want to punish big tech companies for insufficient fealty to republican causes) but in at least the hands-across-the-aisle version, everyone agrees that facebook and google have to go