Nebraska's Livestock Market Faces Death by Big Meat Lobbying

Open Markets Food & Power reporter Leah Douglass published a story on Fortune magazine on how over the past 10 years, America’s big meatpacking corporations have successfully pushed to overturn laws on the books protecting farmers from vertical integration and monopoly power in livestock farming and how Nebraska's "packer ban" is set to be overturned.

Op-EdsOpen MarketsFebruary 5, 20162016, February 2016, Food & Agriculture, Food & Power

Amazon and the Law - Amazon’s Book Monopoly

Join New America's Open Markets program for a discussion of Amazon's monopoly over books and what it means for American readers and America's democracy. Some of the nation's best-known authors will discuss their personal experiences with Amazon. Antitrust lawyers and experts in Big Data and price discrimination will then discuss the larger effects of the corporation's behavior, and whether the government should bring a case against Amazon

EventsOpen MarketsFebruary 4, 2016Barry Lynn, Amazon, Books, 2016, February 2016, Democracy & Ideology

Monopoly Matters