- Elon Musk Just Threatened the Coming Democratic Majority↗ 22 Oct 2026
Matt Stoller analyzes Elon Musk's political threats and argues the incoming Democratic majority could use regulatory power as a counter-leverage, reframing the relationship between tech billionaires and government.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Goodbye AI Bubble, Hello Real Economy↗ 19 Oct 2026
As AI hype deflates and market attention shifts toward real economy sectors, investors should prepare for a prolonged period of AI revaluation and opportunity in overlooked industries.
- How the Fed Is Quietly Inflating the AI Bubble While Hiking Your Electric Bill↗ 17 Oct 2026
The Federal Reserve's monetary tightening raises capital costs across the economy while paradoxically inflating AI infrastructure valuations through cheap energy policy, creating hidden subsidies that distort startup funding.
- How Expedia Rigs Travel Markets and Raises Your Hotel Prices↗ 15 Oct 2026
Expedia faces a lawsuit alleging it artificially inflates hotel prices by up to 30%, exemplifying broader market manipulation in online travel booking.
- Monopoly Round-Up: AI Cockroaches Scurry Out from Under Nvidia, the Most Valuable Company in the World↗ 12 Oct 2026
Stoller argues that Nvidia's dominance in AI infrastructure is creating unsustainable pressure, evidenced by a failed IPO of an Nvidia-backed competitor and signs of an AI bubble forming.
- How Pharma Middlemen Turned the Federal Trade Commission into the Failed Trade Commission↗ 10 Oct 2026
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have captured regulatory oversight, leading Trump's FTC chair to issue them favorable treatment despite their role in raising drug prices—a case study in regulatory capture within healthcare.
- Paramount Stock CRUSHED After Merger with Warner Discovery Closes↗ 8 Oct 2026
Paramount's stock tanked following its merger with Warner Discovery, as new leadership under David Ellison raises executive compensation while planning mass layoffs and purging creative talent from Warner Brothers.
- Monopoly Round-Up: How Seed and Pesticide Makers Act Like the Mafia↗ 5 Oct 2026
Recent settlements against seed and pesticide makers reveal concentrated market power limiting farmer choice and driving up food costs; algorithmic pricing schemes raise new monopoly concerns.
- McDonald's Caught Cheating Consumers for Profit as Rage Over Cost of Living Burns↗ 1 Oct 2026
McDonald's pricing practices and corporate profits fuel consumer anger about inflation and cost-of-living pressures, signaling broader political discontent.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Paramount-WB Isn't Just a Loss, It's a Prelude↗ 28 Sept 2026
Matt Stoller analyzes the failed Paramount-WB merger as a symptom of broader media consolidation and antitrust dynamics, with implications for industrial policy and U.S.-China competition.
- Happy Oligarch Day as Trump-Aligned Billionaires Take Over Hollywood↗ 22 Sept 2026
Major media and tech assets are consolidating under billionaire control as Trump-aligned oligarchs acquire stakes in legacy entertainment companies, raising questions about power concentration in media and tech.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Senate Is Weirdly Obsessed with College Sports Instead of Real Problems↗ 21 Sept 2026
The Senate votes to protect the NCAA's monopoly power—raising questions about Congress's priorities and why antitrust attention fixates on college sports rather than broader market concentration issues.
- AI Is an Elite Crime Spree ↗ 18 Sept 2026
Microsoft executives internally acknowledged AI training as massive labor theft; Matt Stoller argues the real issue is selective enforcement of existing laws against the powerful, not new regulation.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Just Stop the Anthropic IPO Already↗ 14 Sept 2026
Matt Stoller argues the government should block Anthropic's potential IPO over safety concerns with AI development, alongside commentary on government health-cost transparency.
- Is Artificial Intelligence Going to Kill Us All?↗ 11 Sept 2026
Matt Stoller examines the contradiction between AI firms claiming existential risk while aggressively pursuing billionaire-scale wealth, questioning whether AI panic narratives align with industry incentives.
- Monopoly Round-Up: The Enshittification of the American Hamburger↗ 8 Sept 2026
Matt Stoller surveys antitrust and monopoly developments, including deteriorating quality in fast-food burger chains driven by market consolidation and cost-cutting.
- How the LSAT Become the Ticketmaster of Law School Admissions↗ 2 Sept 2026
The Law School Admissions Council has evolved into an exploitative monopoly over law school entry, extracting excessive fees while eroding the integrity of legal education itself.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Did America Just Set Up an FDA for Big Tech?↗ 31 Aug 2026
Meta settles with 47 states over child safety harms; the regulatory outcome sketches an emerging FDA-like framework for Big Tech oversight, alongside roundups of corporate profit trends and antitrust developments.
- Why Political Moderates Are Losing↗ 26 Aug 2026
Political moderation has been redefined by financial interests; what once constituted mainstream critique of corporate power now reads as radicalism, revealing how finance shapes discourse and policy categories.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Living in an Age of Cheating Means Having Your Time Stolen Constantly↗ 24 Aug 2026
Monopolies and tech-enabled cheating schemes impose a hidden 'time tax' on consumers through friction and fraud, even when scams aren't directly falling victim to them.
- Monopoly Round-Up: What Happens When Oligarchs Stop Being Polite↗ 17 Aug 2026
Examining how concentrated corporate power uses capital strikes and other tactics to resist regulatory pressure, with Paramount's recent moves as a case study in oligarchic leverage.
- The Secret Society of Nerds Who Control Congress and Ruin Our Health Care↗ 12 Aug 2026
Matt Stoller argues that technocratic institutions like the Congressional Budget Office constrain Congress's ability to reform health care, with perverse consequences for patients and outcomes.
- Monopoly Round-Up: A Judge Condemns Facebook for Enabling Mass Sexual Exploitation of Kids↗ 10 Aug 2026
A roundup covering regulatory and legal challenges facing major tech platforms, including Facebook's child safety liabilities, Amazon's antitrust troubles, and utility industry billing practices.
- BOOM! An Anti-Monopolist Smashed the Democratic Establishment in Michigan Last Night↗ 6 Aug 2026
An anti-monopoly populist unexpectedly defeated an establishment-backed Democratic incumbent in Michigan, raising questions about the direction of the party's economic platform.
- Monopoly Round-Up: Are Big AI Firms Cooking the Books?↗ 3 Aug 2026
Matt Stoller argues that the massive capital flowing into AI demands serious regulatory scrutiny of how large AI firms actually account for their businesses and value creation, drawing parallels to New Deal-era antitrust practice.
- Google Maps, Uber, and Wall Street Run on Socialism: How the U.S. Government Built the Global Positioning System 1 Aug 2026
- Monopoly Round-Up: How to Stop the Enshittification of America 27 Jul 2026
- The Resistance Liberal Lawyers Helping Trump Take Over the Media 24 Jul 2026
- Judge Puts Warner-Paramount Merger On Hold 21 Jul 2026
- Monopoly Round-Up: Video Gamers Rebel Against Sony, Microsoft, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 20 Jul 2026