Matt Stoller
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When a few corporations dominate the economy, democracy is the first casualty. @matthewstoller.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to expose how monopolies—from banks to Big Tech—turn economic power into political control.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When a few corporations dominate the economy, democracy is the first casualty. @matthewstoller.bsky.social joins Nick & Goldy to expose how monopolies—from banks to Big Tech—turn economic power into political control.
🎧 Listen here: pod.link/pitchforkeco...
🎧 Listen here: pod.link/pitchforkeco...
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While you feared for your future and organized against fascism, Kamala “Marie Antoinette” Harris, in possession of a vast email list and other resources to help mobilize people, ‘tuned out’ the news and watched cooking shows.
August 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
While you feared for your future and organized against fascism, Kamala “Marie Antoinette” Harris, in possession of a vast email list and other resources to help mobilize people, ‘tuned out’ the news and watched cooking shows.
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To say that American foreign policy in the Middle East is being conducted entirely on behalf of a foreign state is reminiscent of antisemitic tropes and has the potential to lend credence to the narratives of those who hate the Jewish People.
It also, unfortunately, happens to be true.
It also, unfortunately, happens to be true.
AIPAC praises Trump for "historic..decisive..justified action." The pro-Israel lobby makes no mention of the prospect of peace with Tehran that the president repeatedly claimed he has made more likely - and notably thanks Democrats for years of arming Israel + pressuring Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
To say that American foreign policy in the Middle East is being conducted entirely on behalf of a foreign state is reminiscent of antisemitic tropes and has the potential to lend credence to the narratives of those who hate the Jewish People.
It also, unfortunately, happens to be true.
It also, unfortunately, happens to be true.
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Actually fuck this guy
June 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Actually fuck this guy
The monopoly round-up is out. For this one, I went into the crisis at UnitedHealth Group that became clear last week when its CEO resigned and the WSJ reported it's under criminal investigation for Medicare fraud. Is UHG a house of cards? www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: UnitedHealth Group Is Hated, Now It's Falling Apart
UnitedHealth Group is under criminal investigation and its CEO just resigned. A once flying Wall Street darling collapses. Plus, a merger boom starts, and crypto gets its payoff.
www.thebignewsletter.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The monopoly round-up is out. For this one, I went into the crisis at UnitedHealth Group that became clear last week when its CEO resigned and the WSJ reported it's under criminal investigation for Medicare fraud. Is UHG a house of cards? www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Just want to note why I have contempt for so many Democratic insiders. They knew that Biden was in cognitive decline, those of us who spoke up publicly were attacked and harassed.
May 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just want to note why I have contempt for so many Democratic insiders. They knew that Biden was in cognitive decline, those of us who spoke up publicly were attacked and harassed.
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Not documenting the Republican megabill because...
May 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not documenting the Republican megabill because...
Well this complaint alleging accounting fraud to cover up for a cash shortfall at trillion dollar behemoth Brookfield Asset Management is a doozy. brookfield.substack.com/p/brookfield...
Brookfield the Defendant: a Bombshell Lawsuit
Brookfield is the defendant in a wrongful termination suit that includes allegations of bribery, securities violations, mistreatment of limited partners and a corporate cash crunch.
brookfield.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Well this complaint alleging accounting fraud to cover up for a cash shortfall at trillion dollar behemoth Brookfield Asset Management is a doozy. brookfield.substack.com/p/brookfield...
I don’t know David Hogg but he seems to be annoying the right people.
May 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I don’t know David Hogg but he seems to be annoying the right people.
TSMC’s monopoly control undermines the CHIPS Act’s intent.
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
The Biggest Threat to CHIPS Success? TSMC’s Monopoly.
Antitrust can solve the prisoner’s dilemma of chip manufacturing investment.
economicpopulist.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
TSMC’s monopoly control undermines the CHIPS Act’s intent.
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
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Good read from @matthewstoller.bsky.social on why Google investors should push for a voluntary breakup, after the Cue dip www.thebignewsletter.com/p/wall-stree...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Good read from @matthewstoller.bsky.social on why Google investors should push for a voluntary breakup, after the Cue dip www.thebignewsletter.com/p/wall-stree...
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My statement on Kamala's re-emergence. (No, thank you!) @boldprogressives.org @freedlander.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My statement on Kamala's re-emergence. (No, thank you!) @boldprogressives.org @freedlander.bsky.social
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Unusually strong statement from @adamgreen321.bsky.social of PCCC on Harris doing a DNC fundraiser tomorrow: (via email)
May 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unusually strong statement from @adamgreen321.bsky.social of PCCC on Harris doing a DNC fundraiser tomorrow: (via email)
White House budget takes an ax to the fund that keeps rural airline routes afloat, the Essential Air Service.
May 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
White House budget takes an ax to the fund that keeps rural airline routes afloat, the Essential Air Service.
Big Tech on Trial continues to do amazing work on the Meta antitrust trial. Yesterday, Meta’s Curtiss Cobb, the head of its internal Demography and Survey Science team, got wrecked for misleading testimony. And a TikTok exec testified on how they compete. www.bigtechontrial.com/p/the-sky-is...
The Sky Is Red: Meta's Flailing Defense Takes Serious Credibility Hit
Meta's in-house consumer survey guru Curtiss Cobb defends the indefensible in Day 11 of FTC breakup trial after executives from Tumblr and TikTok testify.
www.bigtechontrial.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Big Tech on Trial continues to do amazing work on the Meta antitrust trial. Yesterday, Meta’s Curtiss Cobb, the head of its internal Demography and Survey Science team, got wrecked for misleading testimony. And a TikTok exec testified on how they compete. www.bigtechontrial.com/p/the-sky-is...
A judge just killed Apple’s control over app stores, Google has lost three antitrust cases, and we just beat Jim Jordan’s attempt to defang antitrust.
Maybe rethink your priors!
Maybe rethink your priors!
A bad part of pundit brain is that you have to commit to hot takes to get attention (in lieu of substantive insights) and then it becomes very difficult to admit you were wrong. Trump + Musk keep saying they are going to eliminate all the regulations, and this guy is like:
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A judge just killed Apple’s control over app stores, Google has lost three antitrust cases, and we just beat Jim Jordan’s attempt to defang antitrust.
Maybe rethink your priors!
Maybe rethink your priors!
Apple has lost power over mobile phones, as developers will now be able to accept payment outside the app store without having to hand over the 30% vig.
This will be the first time we'll see a real world impact from an antitrust remedy against a big tech titan. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
This will be the first time we'll see a real world impact from an antitrust remedy against a big tech titan. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Criminal Contempt Referral
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rebuked the phone giant, opened the app store, and made a criminal contempt referral to an Apple executive for lying under oath. Plus, a bad antitrust bill goes down.
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Apple has lost power over mobile phones, as developers will now be able to accept payment outside the app store without having to hand over the 30% vig.
This will be the first time we'll see a real world impact from an antitrust remedy against a big tech titan. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
This will be the first time we'll see a real world impact from an antitrust remedy against a big tech titan. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
House Republican Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is trying to secretly eliminate the antitrust case against UnitedHealth Group's Optum PBM unit by getting rid of a key antitrust law.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/house-gop-...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/house-gop-...
House GOP Proposes Eliminating Key Antitrust Law
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan released a bill to move all antitrust work from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice, deleting a key antitrust law. PBMs and Amazon could benefit.
www.thebignewsletter.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
House Republican Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is trying to secretly eliminate the antitrust case against UnitedHealth Group's Optum PBM unit by getting rid of a key antitrust law.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/house-gop-...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/house-gop-...
The monopoly round-up for the week is out. Why is Wall Street unconcerned over Google's antitrust losses? Probably because Google has generated an additional half a trillion in revenue while on trial for business methods a judge called illegal. Crime pays.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Google Generated $468 Billion Delaying Its Antitrust Trial
The Google and Meta trials are taking way too long, and both companies are garnering huge additional revenue as a result. Plus, fake trade deals, and Trump is running out of lawyers.
www.thebignewsletter.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The monopoly round-up for the week is out. Why is Wall Street unconcerned over Google's antitrust losses? Probably because Google has generated an additional half a trillion in revenue while on trial for business methods a judge called illegal. Crime pays.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Some scary numbers came out showing how Biden redistributed wealth upward to big business during the post-Covid supply shocks. Will Trump make the same mistake?
I go over the various pricing games that monopolists played, and whether we'll see a repeat. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-monopo...
I go over the various pricing games that monopolists played, and whether we'll see a repeat. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-monopo...
How Monopolies Could Exploit the Tariff Shock
Donald Trump's tariff choices have already had significant impacts on small businesses, who can't deal with shocks. Economic termites could feast, and price gouging and fixing could accelerate.
www.thebignewsletter.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Some scary numbers came out showing how Biden redistributed wealth upward to big business during the post-Covid supply shocks. Will Trump make the same mistake?
I go over the various pricing games that monopolists played, and whether we'll see a repeat. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-monopo...
I go over the various pricing games that monopolists played, and whether we'll see a repeat. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-monopo...
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While I’m perseverating on the economy this morning, Matt Stoller uses Franz Neumann’s book Behemoth to connect some fascism c. democracy dots.
From his conclusion:
“There is no world in which Google flourishes as a monopoly and America flourishes as a political democracy. We must choose.”
From his conclusion:
“There is no world in which Google flourishes as a monopoly and America flourishes as a political democracy. We must choose.”
The monopoly round-up is out. I've been meaning to get out an essay on the relationship between monopoly power and fascism, which is something Americans used to understand quite well. Here you go: www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Monopolies and Fascism
Centralization of economic power facilitates centralization of political power. That was once a hard-won lesson, and it's a lesson we must re-learn. Plus, the end of big box tyranny.
www.thebignewsletter.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
While I’m perseverating on the economy this morning, Matt Stoller uses Franz Neumann’s book Behemoth to connect some fascism c. democracy dots.
From his conclusion:
“There is no world in which Google flourishes as a monopoly and America flourishes as a political democracy. We must choose.”
From his conclusion:
“There is no world in which Google flourishes as a monopoly and America flourishes as a political democracy. We must choose.”
Of course
Honestly, our mistake. We always thought it was "Buy-OR-Bury," we're learning today that at Meta, it can also be "Buy-AND-Bury." Our bad!
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April 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Of course
Good stuff from the Federal Trade Commission against Uber. Former Republican FTC commissioner Christine Wilson, who now works for Kamala Harris's brother-in-law and Uber chief counsel Tony West, is very upset. So is Bush FTC Chair Tim Muris. So clubby. techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/f...
Feds accuse Uber of charging customers for subscriptions without consent | TechCrunch
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Monday against Uber, alleging the ride-hail and delivery giant charged customers for its Uber One
techcrunch.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Good stuff from the Federal Trade Commission against Uber. Former Republican FTC commissioner Christine Wilson, who now works for Kamala Harris's brother-in-law and Uber chief counsel Tony West, is very upset. So is Bush FTC Chair Tim Muris. So clubby. techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/f...
The monopoly round-up is out. I've been meaning to get out an essay on the relationship between monopoly power and fascism, which is something Americans used to understand quite well. Here you go: www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Monopolies and Fascism
Centralization of economic power facilitates centralization of political power. That was once a hard-won lesson, and it's a lesson we must re-learn. Plus, the end of big box tyranny.
www.thebignewsletter.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The monopoly round-up is out. I've been meaning to get out an essay on the relationship between monopoly power and fascism, which is something Americans used to understand quite well. Here you go: www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Really terrific summary of day four of the most important antitrust trials of the century, the case to break up Meta. There is nowhere else doing this kind of detailed reporting on the case. open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
TikTok Is "Not A Social Network"
Meta's relentless focus on TikTok as a competitor blows up in day 4 of FTC v. Meta trial. That's good for the FTC.
open.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Really terrific summary of day four of the most important antitrust trials of the century, the case to break up Meta. There is nowhere else doing this kind of detailed reporting on the case. open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...