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How Big Hotels Use an Algorithm to Make It Rain
Spoiler alert: More price fixing.
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How To Beat a Billion-Dollar Sports Boondoggle
Virginia wins, and the Capitals and Wizards are staying in Washington.
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March 2024

How Airlines Fly Away from Accountability
States are prevented from doing anything about scofflaw air carriers.
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Oh So Close to Tackling the Corporatization of Medical Care
Oregon went after Big Medicine, and Big Medicine was not happy.
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Arizona's New Data Shows How Price-Fixing Software Raises Rent
State and federal enforcers say: "If it looks and quacks like price fixing, it probably is."
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February 2024

Louisiana's New Governor Gutted Critical Corporate Subsidy Reforms
Louisiana's loss, and ours.
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Don't Buy the Kroger-Albertsons Propaganda Push
Beware fancy PR from big grocers that want to merge.
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Banning Junk Fees Is an Anti-Monopoly Issue
Honest businesses shouldn't be harmed by deceptive competitors.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Economic Impact Reports
How taxpayers spend billions of dollars based on corporate propaganda.
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January 2024

The Fertilizer Oligopoly Stinks
Corporate subsidies and consolidation that farmers just have to eat.
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Hostile Hotel Consolidation
Another big hotel merger would be bad news for consumers and hotel owners.
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2024 State Legislative and Policy Preview
11 things I'll be watching at the state level this year.
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