One of the most complicated topics in American politics is monopoly and antitrust law.

And one of the most interesting writers on this topic right now is Matt Stoller.

He's the author of a newsletter

called Big, and he also applies his knowledge about the antitrust space to current events,

big stories that are happening right now, the Ticketmaster Lawsuit, Spirit Airlines collapsing,

issues that are impacting your everyday life. I really wanted to have Matt on the podcast

to share a little bit about his worldview, how he came to do this work, the lens with which

he is processing this crazy monopoly antitrust news that seems to be getting a lot of momentum

these days and is becoming more and more a story

that is at the center of our politics.

We talk about corporations making everything worse, whether they are good or bad.

We talk about billionaires and wealth inequality.

We talk about the spirit airlines collapse.

We talk about these issues in the context of what Americans

should be focused on and what ideas are driving the way Matt covers these stories. So I'm glad

to introduce and have on the show, Matt Stoller. Matt Stoller. Matt Stoller, welcome to the Tangle podcast. Thanks for being here.

Hey, thank you so much for having me.

So, first of all, a big fan of the newsletter, I think, you know, and the book, you're wading

into some topics that I personally find hard to grapple with

and even hard to understand sometimes. I think this whole kind of monopoly space is difficult.

And sometimes feels almost intentionally opaque a little bit. So I guess to that end, I'd love to maybe just start with a little bit of

lay of the land. I'd love to hear from you in your own words. If you could kind of describe what you're

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