Is Big Business Hurting The American Economy?

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Published October 3, 2016 at 12:52 PM EDT

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Monopoly-like big businesses are still going strong in America -- at a time when entrepreneurship has been on the decline for a few decades. (Pixabay)

Monopolies might seem like a thing of the past, a leftover from the robber baron days of the 19th century. But monopoly-like big businesses are still going strong in America — at a time when entrepreneurship has been on the decline for a few decades.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic, about the ways some companies are bigger than ever, and what that means for the U.S. economy overall.

Read Derek Thompson’s Atlantic piece, “America’s Monopoly Problem“

Guest

Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic. He tweets @DKThomp.