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lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2019, 10:18 PM Nov 2019

Big Business is Overcharging You

David Leonhardt

When Thomas Philippon moved to Boston from his native France 20 years ago, he was a graduate student on a budget, and he was happy to discover how cheap American telephone use was. In those days of dial-up internet connections, going online involved long local phone calls that could cost more than $10 apiece in France. In the United States, they were virtually free.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/big-business-is-overcharging-you/

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Big Business is Overcharging You (Original Post) lordsummerisle Nov 2019 OP

Monopolies, when regulation is lacking, duh appalachiablue Nov 2019 #1

appalachiablue

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1. Monopolies, when regulation is lacking, duh

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Thu Nov 14, 2019, 09:22 AM

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