Baseball's major league monopolies

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🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Since last week, the MLB has been in a lockout due to ongoing labor negotiations between players and owners. Today on the show, how a 100-year-old court case gave the MLB an 'antitrust exemption' and how that set the stage for the labor unrest we see today.

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