Economy

The DOJ used an unusual legal strategy to stop the merger of two major publishing houses — with help from Stephen King.

Taylor Swift fans are calling to break up the company’s live events monopoly.

Capitalism will never deliver material well-being for all. We need a new system.

Ticketmaster has exhibited a “pattern of non-compliance” with antitrust obligations, the senator wrote.

The dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was enabled by politicians’ hands-off approach on regulation.

White House officials met with tenants on Monday but did not commit to declaring a housing emergency.

Debt advocates say that extending the pause again is the bare minimum that Biden can do to help student loan debtors.

The lottery is effectively a regressive tax that often replaces state funding for education with ticket revenue.

House Oversight lawmakers blame inflation partially on “excess corporate price hikes” during the pandemic.

Progressive economists have estimated that corporate profits are to blame for 40 to 50 percent of price increases.