Denise Hearn

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Add to Cart: Trust

Add to Cart: Trust

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine the erosion of consumer trust in digital marketplaces, where counterfeit goods, deceptive pricing, and manipulative practices have become pervasive. ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Checks, Unbalanced: Why Competition Policy Has Failed

Checks, Unbalanced: Why Competition Policy Has Failed

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar trace Canada’s competition policy from the 1889 Anti-Combines Act to the 1986 Competition Act, examining how neoliberal philosophy and the Chicago … ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Conclusion: Standing Up to Corporate Giants

Conclusion: Standing Up to Corporate Giants

From: The Big Fix

In this conclusion, Hearn and Bednar examine Canadian resistance to corporate power from the 1990s through 2023. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Corporate Kayfabe

Corporate Kayfabe

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine how Canadian and global corporations manufacture the illusion of competition. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Envisioning a Fairer, More Vibrant Economy

Envisioning a Fairer, More Vibrant Economy

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine Canada’s June 2024 amendments to the Competition Act and argues for a fundamental reimagining of competition policy. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Everything Companies

Everything Companies

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar explore the "Everything Company" model, in which corporations like Amazon accumulate assets across industries through data, cloud computing, and … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Generative AI's Monopoly Problem

Generative AI’s Monopoly Problem

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter,Hearn and Bednar examine how generative artificial intelligence, since ChatGPT’s 2022 debut, is entrenching the monopoly power of a handful of dominant technology firms. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine how market concentration has reshaped the Canadian economy, beginning with the July 2022 Rogers Communications outage and the 2023 Rogers–Shaw merger. ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Kings of Capital

Kings of Capital

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine how concentrated wealth in private equity and mega-corporations has reshaped the Canadian economy between 1993 and 2023. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Market Block and Tackle

Market Block and Tackle

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine how dominant firms gatekeep markets, from digital app stores to Canadian cinema. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Our Big Fix

Our Big Fix

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar present a whole-of-government vision for competition policy in Canada, examining how the Competition Bureau could gain independence, how harmful mergers might be … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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References

References

From: The Big Fix

This "chapter" is a bibliography. ; 22 $2.20 Add
The Big Fix

The Big Fix

How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians

More and more of the Canadian economy is dominated by a handful of huge companies that control what we buy, how we work, and which other businesses can or can’t thrive. Beyond the obvious … ; 141 View
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The Power of Price

The Power of Price

From: The Big Fix

In this chapter, Hearn and Bednar examine how concentrated corporate players in Canada’s grocery sector wield pricing power over consumers and workers. ; 7 $0.70 Add