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March 4, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Donald Trump Is Going to Ruin Legal Marijuana
If he doesn’t abandon efforts to reclassify and legalize marijuana, his administration will unleash a wave of corporatization and consolidation.
February 23, 2024
Timothy Noah
This Ruinous Grocery Store Merger Must Be Stopped
Food prices are sky-high and supermarkets are vanishing. If the FTC doesn’t block the corporate marriage of Albertsons and Kroger, this situation will only get worse.
May 18, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Great Streaming Rebundling Is Here
The deal between AT&T, Time Warner, and Discovery is just the latest shift toward consolidation as media companies fight hopelessly for market supremacy.
December 22, 2020
Alex Shephard
Make Media Small Again
Why consolidation is bad for journalism—and how the government can fix it
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