https://RationalAmerica.com/tags/monopolies/Recent content in Monopolies on Rational AmericaHugoen-usThu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/stop-accepting-higher-prices--strong-antitrust-en/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://RationalAmerica.com/posts/stop-accepting-higher-prices--strong-antitrust-en/<p>Stop accepting the higher grocery bill as a fixed cost of modern life. Prices climb. Packages shrink. The aisle of cereal brands that once felt like a promise of variety quietly narrows into the same two or three parent companies wearing different labels.</p> <p>You might blame inflation, supply chains, or plain old corporate greed. You&rsquo;d be warm, but not precise. The deeper reason many markets feel uncompetitive is that the rules meant to keep them honest — the antitrust laws — have been enforced with all the urgency of a librarian shushing a riot.</p>