Electric cars sales just hit a speed bump — Because Electric Cars are being treated like vaccines.
The iPod is back, baby: Urban Outfitters put 20-year-old iPods up for sale, and they sold out instantly — Because nostalgia follows a 20-year life cycle.
And The National Association of Realtors was just found guilty for fixing commissions at 6% — It’s an earthquake for the industry of 1.5M real estate agents.
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Hundreds allowed to leave Gaza as invasion intensifies. Fed rates remain unchanged. Donald Trump Jr. on the stand. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Earlier this fall, the Federal Trade Commission filed a high-stakes lawsuit against Amazon.
In that suit, the FTC claims Amazon is a monopoly, and it accuses the company of using anti-competitive tactics to hold onto its market power. It's a big case, with implications for consumers and businesses and digital marketplaces, and for antitrust law itself. That is the highly important but somewhat obscure body of law that deals with competition and big business.
And so, this week on Planet Money, we are doing a deep dive on the history of antitrust. It begins with today's episode, a Planet Money double feature. Two classic episodes that tell the story of how the U.S. government's approach to big business and competition has changed over time.
First, the story of a moment more than 100 years ago, when the government stepped into the free market in a big way to make competition work. It's the story of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, and a muckraking journalist named Ida Tarbell.
Then, we fast forward to a turning point that took antitrust in the other direction. This is the story of a lawyer named Robert Bork, who transformed the way courts would interpret antitrust law.
These episodes were produced by Sally Helm with help from Alexi Horowitz Ghazi. They were edited by Bryant Urdstadt. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.
In Philadelphia, an after-action report on the prisoners who escaped a city jail, despite the best efforts of napping and non-fence-repairing guards. Plus, the difference between an odious threat and an actual chant. And we're joined by Laura Meckler, author of Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity, about the Ohio suburb that tried and tried ... and still tries ... to get the thorniest question in American Education right.
After weeks of being bombarded by Israeli airstrikes, following the Hamas attacks of October 7th, some in the Gaza strip are finally able to leave the besieged territory.
Hundreds of people – including wounded Palestinians and individuals with foreign passports – have now crossed into Egypt.
The opening of the Rafah Border is a small diplomatic success in a war that has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians. But it's unclear just how many people will be allowed to make the crossing.
Consider This co-host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Aya Batrawy, who's in Dubai and has been reporting on the situation.
Chicago is juggling multiple housing crises at once. There’s a growing number of unhoused Chicagoans; more asylum seekers are arriving in the city; and there’s a lack of affordable housing overall. Reset discusses how Chicago’s housing system has evolved over the years and explores potential solutions.
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, criticized Senate Democrats over their plan to subpoena billionaires Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II and conservative activist Leonard Leo.Â
Our colleague Fred Lucas reports that the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released a $40,000 check it says was laundered through a China-connected to Joe Biden in 2017, months after leaving office as vice president.Â
Elon Musk, who made an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, did not mince words while discussing billionaire George Soros.Â
In this episode, R. R. Reno joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent Public Square article “Free and Conservative.”
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