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Price Fixing Is for Turkeys
Your Thanksgiving dinner has a cartel problem.
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A Utility Monopoly Rights Racket
States are empowering utility corporations at the expense of customers.
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The Online Hotel Booking Hustle
A lawsuit in Las Vegas takes aim at a pernicious sales tax loophole.
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The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam
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Break Up Big Title Insurance
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5 Ways a Georgia Judge Exposed the Corporate Subsidy Machine
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What Taylor Swift Explains About Corporate Subsidies
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Bury the Tax Prep Industry for Good
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The Dishonest Defense of Non-Competes
Big corporations don't like worker freedom, so they lie about it.
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The Fix Is In on Rent Prices
Or: How to challenge a potential rental housing cartel
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You Paid to Build Amazon's Monopoly Power
A system to coerce sellers and raise prices, built on public funding.
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The CHIPS Dirty Dozen
Cutting through the semiconductor subsidy spin.
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Why One Town Said No to Corrupt Secret Subsidy Deals
Local lawmakers don't have to sit quietly and accept the status quo.
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How One Governor (May Have) Won on Corporate Handouts
A lesson in tax break politics from Louisiana.
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How to Get Corrupt Utility Money Out of Politics
Your bills subsidize monopoly utility lobbying.
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Boondoggle
Boondoggle
Corporations are ripping off our states, cities, and communities. Find out why and how to stop it.
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