Increasingly, monopoly power is distorting our economies and political systems.
We'd like to flag an event in London on March 25th, organised by Global Justice Now. Here's the blurb: Speakers will include: Parminder Jeet Singh IT for Change, India Maaza Seyoum People’s Vaccine Alliance (Ethiopia) Aurélie Trouvé French MP, parliamentary…
Our latest edition of The Counterbalance looks at the rich and troubling history of "intellectual property" protections, and how the current system is in effect a way for dominant firms to use their power to levy private taxes on the…
Monopoly - by which we mean excessive concentration of corporate and financial power - is a common feature across most issues that ordinary people care about: political polarisation, inequality, the environment, tax and trade, fake news, economic resilience, workers’ rights…