On AlterNet: monopoly

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "monopoly"

Do You Want Two Companies Controlling 80% of the Nation's Cellphone's Market?

Jenn Ettinger, Other Words. May 31, 2011.

The AT&T/T-Mobile deal would eliminate a competitor and leave two wireless giants with unprecedented power.

The Growing Impact of Big-Name Music Monopolies

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 13, 2010.

As big music companies sink deeper into oblivion, will more and more resort to non-competitive behavior to save themselves?

How the Phone Companies Are Screwing America: The $320 Billion Broadband Rip-Off

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. October 7, 2010.

Americans are stuck with an inferior and overpriced communications system, compared with the rest of the world, and we're being ripped off in the process.

How Amazon Kills Books and Makes Us Stupid

Colin Robinson, The Nation. July 19, 2010.

Amazon offers infinite choice and rock-bottom prices: those aren't necessarily good things.

Tea Partiers Should Be Picketing the Corporations That Dominate Our Lives

Don Monkerud, CounterPunch. March 4, 2010.

Private monopolies determine the breakfast cereal we eat, the car we drive, the medical treatment we receive, what we feed our pets: they're the ones that threaten our liberty.

Mega Giant Corporations Are Very Bad for America

Barry C. Lynn, AlterNet. January 2, 2010.

Wal-Mart delivers at least 30% and sometimes more than 50% of the entire U.S. consumption of products. Why the monopolization of our economy should scare you.

Why the NFL Should Be More Like NASCAR

Sameer Pandya, Miller-McCune.com. December 1, 2008.

In a manifesto for sports fans, two professors call for more merit and less monopoly.

Corporations Control Your Dinner

Debra Eschmeyer, National Family Farm Coalition. December 5, 2006.

When the food industry becomes a monopoly marketplace, it doesn't just affect the local farmer. It affects you. Lack of competition drives prices up and consumer choices down.