MD @ EconOne | Prof @EconUofU | ED @ UtahProject | NYTimes: "one expert for the plaintiffs" | Prospect:"preeminent watchdog of The Economist's most wrong takes"
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We hear a lot of price talk in the affordability debate (eg, the rents are too damn high). Affordability turns not just on what you pay, but also on how much you make—it’s the ratio that matters. Progressives have good ideas for confronting the price side of the ratio, from targeted price controls to targeted government provisioning. On the income side, we also need to push for increases in the minimum wages, federal job programs, unionization, and stepped up antitrust enforcement against powerful buyers. Note that the abundance grifters, who are trying to hijack the D party at the
behest of the same oligarchs who control the R party, are opposed to all of these worker-assisting things. And for that reason, they must be ignored entirely.
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UFC is having a massive year with a $7.7 billion Paramount deal and a $60 million fight at the White House.
But while CEO Dana White makes millions, fans get skyrocketing ticket prices and fighters are locked into exploitative contracts.
It's a $23 billion monopoly.
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Nope. Millionaires aren’t buying elections, firing federal employees by the thousands, neutering regulatory agencies, evading taxes via special loopholes, or forcing investors to buy stock in their companies—that is, setting the rules for capitalism. Try again, @TheEconomist
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Jun 13
The Antitrust Division *never* issues clearance statements like this, and *never* offers pro-monopoly lobbying documents for specific mergers. Unprecedented, mostly because the corruption is comically overt.
x.com/JusticeATR/status/2065…
Jun 12
The Antitrust Division issued the following statement today in connection with the closing of the Division’s investigation of the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.: justice.gov/opa/pr/statement…
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Not to be a petty little bitch but @rooseveltinst pushed me out over this tweet.
This is an unmitigated policy failure.
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Jun 12
Now let's replace the companies (and perhaps the notion we should only prosecute unpopular companies for violating law) with billionaires and see what happens to opinions.
theharrispoll.com/wp-content…
Jun 12
Building a political movement around the premise that people hate Amazon was such a weird call
theargumentmag.com/p/why-eve…
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At 100 companies with the highest paid executives, the ratio of executive compensation to that of the median employee increased from 334 to one in 2018 to 474 to one in 2025. That ratio for Elon Musk at Tesla now stands at 2.5 million to one. Are we still debating wealth taxes?
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Also, as @TedTatos notes, you never hear folks complaining about how higher executive pay might lead to higher prices! It’s only the pay of non-executives that receives such scrutiny.
Link to full story here:
nytimes.com/2026/06/05/busin…
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BREAKING: The Economist declares war on socialism.
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Jun 4
Running uncorroborated claims on Platner from an ex-girlfriend who is a professional Republican operative is outrageous from the New York Times. It's consistent with their biased treatment of candidates skeptical of Israel.
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Berger Montague Named Class Counsel in Landmark Suit Against Cornell, Penn, Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Other Elite Universities. The Court has certified a class of tens of thousands of students in a major antitrust lawsuit. @CramerEcramer bergermontague.com/news/fede…
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Jun 3
Billionaire Mark Cuban is at centrism conference WelcomeFest today offering advice on how Democrats to win back the center. His advice? Democrats need to ask businesses to make things more affordable, and they need to emulate Trump's approach of listening to the oligarchs
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Jun 3
Certain federal judges have bravely stood up to Trump. The Supreme Court has its moments here and there, ruling against the admin on tariffs and, hopefully, on Trump's shameful and cruel attack on the children of immigrants. Does that undermine the case for court reform? Not for one damn second.
The latest from me and @sethfrotman in @TheSlingUtah, responding to an under-noticed, totally preposterous decision from Texas against the FTC the same week as the tariffs decision.
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If we're serious about democracy, we need to confront how our courts have become a tool for corporate power. In @TheSlingUtah, @BradleySLipton & I show how distorted doctrines have empowered a tiny handful of judges to dictate nationwide economic policy.
bit.ly/43bWMzE
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Jun 3
Jared Polis just vetoed the strongest surveillance pricing bill in the country.
His career will be over soon, and our work is just beginning.
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If we're serious about democracy, we need to confront how our courts have become a tool for corporate power. In @TheSlingUtah, @BradleySLipton & I show how distorted doctrines have empowered a tiny handful of judges to dictate nationwide economic policy.
bit.ly/43bWMzE
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In case you’re wondering why they’re attacking.
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Graham Platner: “We should never tax someone into poverty. We should also still raise taxes on billionaires and corporations. Bezos wants us to think if you raise his individual taxes, that money isn’t going to pay for all the things you want. That’s why we’re not raising it just on you. We’re raising it on all 930 billionaires in the US. It’s why we’re also not just going after your income, but the wealth as well. The wealth they sit on, the wealth they never actually bring into the real world so they never pay capital gains on it, but they borrow against it so they can have liquidity. Of course Jeff Bezos is gonna tell us if we raise his taxes things won’t get better. He doesn’t want us to raise his taxes. He’s a greedy person. That makes perfect sense to me that he would say that. He’s just entirely wrong and self-serving”
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Jun 2
“opposing our megamerger is antisemitic” is an instant hall of fame line lmao
Paramount's Top Lawyer Claims Some Opponents of Warner Bros. Merger Are Engaging in 'Fear Mongering' Because of 'Their Own Antisemitic Views' variety.com/2026/film/news/p…
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Jun 2
🚨JUST IN: Colorado Democratic Gov. @JaredPolis just vetoed first-in-the-nation legislation to restrict algorithm-driven surveillance pricing schemes that critics say have been driving price increases across the American economy.
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The Chamber of Progress —the Big Tech trade group that is trying to take over the Dem Party— has a lengthy report out that complains about progressives being mean to big tech revolvers. Their chosen example? Keeping a Palantir government affairs hack out of the Biden campaign
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