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Podcast: Mornings with Pat Kreitlow
Episode: As Useless as Monopoly Money (Hour 1)
Description: There’s a lot about the current sluggish economy that can be pegged to moves by the White House, but there’s another underreported quirk in our economy: big business is getting bigger. That reduces competition — the most important factor in keeping prices manageable. We’ll talk about some troubling examples of how families are being nickeled and dimed in ways that don’t get big headlines and show why we need elected officials focused less on corporate America’s leaders and more on their customers. And that’s not just for retail goods but for our media and social media op...