Why are people so mad about the price of a Big Mac, and what does all that anger say about where our politics are headed? It’s not just the inflation, it’s the cheating and profits behind it.

The unorthodox development isn’t that politicians caved; it’s that people noticed it. Plus, bond yields go nuts, and Trump and Xi meet to hash out China-U.S. relations.

It’s a good day to be an oligarch. CNN, CBS, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and a host of other properties will now be under the control of Larry Ellison, who also owns Oracle and TikTok.

The Senate just voted to restore the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s monopoly power. Why is Congress helping the NCAA? And why are we focused on college sports instead of actual problems?

Documents show a Microsoft exec called AI the "largest theft of labor in human history.” New AI regulations are besides the point, the problem is we don’t apply existing laws to the powerful.

We shouldn’t want people to become superrich by building unsafe technology. The government has the authority to block the IPO. It should. Plus, government lies about health costs, and more...

Why are big AI firm trying to create billionaires from a technology they say may end the world? There are real risks to AI, but something is very off about the latest social panic.

The U.S. cattle industry is in trouble, and Trump’s plan to bring in imports may turn the American burger into mystery meat. Plus, a judge once again rules that Google keeps its monopoly.

The Law School Admissions Council, once a nonprofit designed to help students, is now the Ticketmaster for law school admissions. We are teaching young lawyers that law is about cheating.

47 states settled with Meta over harms to kids. It’s not a strong settlement, but America now has the outlines of an FDA for big tech. Plus, rage on the ranch, record corporate profits, and more.

Opposing corporate power used to make you a moderate. Now it means you’re radical. Who defines the label of moderate is a good way to understand U.S. politics.

Concentrated capital has a bunch of weapons it can deploy against regulatory threats. One of the most common is the capital strike, which Paramount is right now using.

When a health insurer won't replace an amputated leg, the reason isn't because it saves money. It's because the nerds at the Congressional Budget Office stop Congress from fixing our system.

Big tech is in a lot of trouble, as the law, the financing, and the American people turn against them. Plus, Amazon's antitrust troubles, and a crack in the electric utility high billing scam.

Populist Abdul El-Sayed shocked the Democratic Party establishment by beating an incumbent Congresswoman for a Senate nominating contest, despite being outspent nine to one. What comes now?

If we're going to dump trillions into AI, it's time to audit the books of the big AI companies to see how the business actually works. That's how New Dealers would have done it.

The Federal government built a global navigation system, nicknamed "Lighthouses in the Sky" on which Google Maps, Wall Street, and shipping rely. Just don't call it socialism.

Cheating as a business model exists because Americans can no longer sue big business. A Democratic Congress could fix this problem with one simple law. Plus, a defeat for Paramount-Warner, and more...

Today was a good day for the anti-monopoly movement, and Hollywood artists. It was not a good day for Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison and his legal team trying to roll up Hollywood.

Sony will no longer ship physical copies of games, prompting widespread anger from customers at how their ownership rights are being stripped by powerful monopolies. Plus, SpaceX craters...

The Paramount-Warner merger challenge looks odd, but that's only because all the other cops are bought off. Here are the arguments for and against the deal, and the process going forward.

“They’re completely driven by antisemitism and socialism,” say a source in the New York Post about deal opponents. Plus, mergers squirrel loose in Meta's offices...

It's not hard to help America's farmers escape from John Deere's monopoly. But actually breaking the firm's inefficient control over equipment would cut against our strategy of Number Go Up.

Donald Trump's self-dealing and corruption are fostering an oligarchy, with laws organized by the Supreme Court. Can America defeat the vision offered eighty years ago of a cynical nihilistic society?

The Stringer Bell rule is obsolete, as Trump let big egg producers off the hook for what looks like a brazen multi-year conspiracy. Still, egg prices did drop as a result of the investigation.

In 1995, Newt Gingrich killed the ability of the left to project power. It hasn't recovered. Plus, Trump picks a new antitrust chief, the end of cheap electronics, and the AI bubble wobbles...

As populist politicians win elections, the anti-monopoly movement attacks new AI driven price-fixing hiking the cost of gas, meat, rent, electronics, et al. But can the new populists govern?

On Friday - Juneteenth - Obama opened his oligarch-funded library. What does this moment say about race and finance? Plus, the FTC stops enforcing Robinson-Patman, the AI bubble worsens, and more...

We're likely in a bubble of investment in AI, and it's a risk to our economy. If the stock market declines, how bad could it get? Where are there areas of contagion?

Controversy erupted in a Maine Senate race, causing Democrats nationwide to go at each others' throat. Fights over oligarchy are becoming unavoidable.

In his autobiography "Born to Be Wired," Warner board member and billionaire John Malone describes how he helped turn America into a society focused on greed and market power.

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO is a very scary moment for the stock market. And AI is getting repriced in an ugly way as corporate America finally has to start paying for the tools.

Potential 2028 candidate Gavin Newsom is fighting with Chevron about high gas prices. But the real stakes are about whether the U.S. will remain locked into an expensive fossil fuel tech stack.

Wall Street titans start to see their power ebb in the waning days of the Trump era, losing fights over both housing and railroad regulation.

NextEra's $67 billion takeover of Dominion shows the problem with utilities. We spend a lot, and get little in return. Why? Utility monopolies profit from gold-plating, waste and inefficiency.

As students boo commencement speakers touting AI, and communities reject data centers, billionaires are getting nervous and angry. It's going to get worse.

From electric vehicles to drones to solar to AI, the Chinese are doing what the U.S. used to - investing and competing. Chinese strategy is also predatory, but we could learn a thing or two from them.

The Lina Khan generation of lawyers is striking out on their own and taking on a bowling magnate. Plus, insane corruption as a cabinet member gets corporate sponsors for his reality tv road trip.

The inequality of the legal system is on full display. If you're big, you have rights. If you're small, you don't. And the Cintas-Unifirst merger reveals how this system enables bad behavior.

This week, the four biggest spenders on AI released their earnings within two minutes of each other. There's an unsettling reason for that. Plus, Michigan goes after private equity in youth sports...

It wasn't Biden antitrust enforcers. There were many factors - Trump's Iran War, JetBlue, the big four airlines, and behind all of that, deregulation. And this story has happened hundreds of times.

As Paramount CEO David Ellison hosts a D.C. dinner honoring Trump, major actors and industry stakeholders publicly oppose the Paramount-Warner deal. This conflict has been a long time coming.

With losses in cases involving Ticketmaster, Nexstar-TEGNA, and Amazon this week, plus a data center ban in Maine and taxes on $5M+ apartments in NYC, the superrich are starting to face obstacles.

Company execs joked about their customers, privately saying they were "robbing them blind, baby." Today, a jury handed the ticketing and concert giant a complete defeat.

The Ticketmaster trial ends, and a jury decides. Plus, the Feds look into the NFL on antitrust law, fights over the Strait of Hormuz, and New York City has plans to open its first city grocery store.

Emergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices.

Pam Bondi got fired, Sysco buys Restaurant Depot, CBS lies about California gas prices, a private equity roll-up is killing bowling leagues, and Palantir will help the IRS do audits.

There's a political fight over the practice of therapy, spurred by AI. As Wall Street driven health platforms try to reorder mental health care, therapists are pushing for regulation of insurance.

Prices are going up and markets are in chaos. This time, the rich aren't insulated. Plus, Australia bans social media for teens, Israeli soldiers are obsessed with betting on war, and more.

Trump's war strategy depends on Number Go Up. But the markets aren't believing him as much as they used to. Plus, Elon Musk found liable for fraud, and third party populist candidates gain steam.