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What Biden's win means: The economy
As the Biden-Harris administration prepares to take power, Crosscut asked six opinion writers to share early thoughts on what comes next.
Katie Wilson
Katie Wilson is the General Secretary of the Transit Riders Union, a Seattle-based organization advocating for improved public transit and other progressive urban issues. She is a contributin
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1912: When antitrust views collided in a presidential election
Today we fight over Big Tech. Over a century ago, the burning political question was what to do about trusts in agriculture, cigarettes, oil, electricity and steel.
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Capitalism, competition, and why antitrust is so confusing
Antitrust law lies at the fault line where the ideology of the capitalist marketplace begins to self-destruct.
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A new era of trustbusting could begin with Amazon, tech giants
21st century antitrust activity targets the companies that mine our data and control so much of our digital infrastructure.
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How poverty hurts Washington state’s democracy
In an age of increasing economic insecurity, should we strengthen the social safety net, or transcend it?