#Monopoly

Steve Campbell

Historian_Steve

Do your lectures ever leave you sad? The promise of supply side economics was that if we cut taxes, undermined labor unions, and deregulated industry, we'd have more jobs, more

(((E. Glen Weyl)))

glenweyl

The more I think about it the more paradoxical is the standard opposition of markets and democracy. The only thing that distinguishes democracy from authoritarianism on the one hand and

Jason Kint

jason_kint

HUGE!!! watch this in Germany. The court has now ruled Facebook has to stop collecting and using data *across* its apps (FB, Insta, WhatsApp) and broader web (millions of sites)...importantly

Kush Katakia

kushkatakia

In IT services there is only one company with high barriers to entry. There is only one Goliath. and that company is TCS. It is bigger now than the next

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bnhartist

how the coping mechanismers play monopoly, probably, a thread: minka: tries to play by the rules but gives up quickly, manages to steal money from the bank without being caught

Joshua (spox for Self, Trees, & Deep State™)

joshuaicore

When US military forces engaged in combat abroad exercise greater concern for the lives of enemy combatants than do police forces in the US supposedly serving and protecting their fellow

Janine Kube

KubeJ9

Warning: This is going to be rant thread:Why do we have to buy stamps to save the post office? Our federal taxes already pay for the post office. 1.

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about Trump's taxes, and what they show about how America allocates capital.We appear to have some big problems.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-07/trump-s-taxes-show-something-s-wrong-w

Iola Ella

IolaElla

Thread warningMight turn it into an essay so let me know if I should Within BIPOC, Abolition & Decolonization movement spaces I've seen a turn to a type of anti-statism,

Steve Faktor

ideafaktory

ESG chooses investments based on environmental, social & governance factors.Let me wonder out loud how that's possible:1) There's massive consolidation across industries & fewer public companies than ever. When 1

L. 🧩. Ritter

paniq

seeing in close succession on my timeline:a) "we should break up google"b) "we should break up amazon"on what legal basis? i mean it's nice to dream i guess, and does

Brandon No-Giveaways Goodell

BGGoodell

A fundamental problem with proof of stake is lack of forward security in the following sense. If compromised by a single party gaining majority of keys, the attacker doesn't need

Lucila Arboleya

larboleya

Electricity grids are like the delivery to the pizza during lockdown. You want the pizza, but the delivery is key! While you can see/talk to the delivery guy/girl, you don’t

Antifascist Alligator 🐊

Antifagator

It's so evident today that without a three-way fight analysis, people broadly on the left keep making the same two mistakes: 1) thinking we can trust state forces (like the

Hugh

hughxtran

Magic has always been about power. People who have interest in magic seek to obtain more agency in their lives. That being said, we have to understand that with all

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grisha_tversky

One thing that I’ve noticed when people criticize the Libertarian-Right is that they make the mistake of saying that corporations would take over and have a monopoly over things, which