Coke, Pepsi, Product Promotion and the Efficiencies of Vertical Integration
The soda industry is trending toward vertical integration, which Coke and Pepsi acquiring their largest bottlers. From the WSJ… Read the full piece here.
Coke, Pepsi, Product Promotion and the Efficiencies of Vertical Integration
An Honest Question for Obamacare Supporters
A number of opponents of Obamacare, such as Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn, have criticized the President and his people for referring to pending . . .
The Enforcers [#agworkshop] [#dojusda]
To expand on Geoff’s post about concentration in the seed industry, there has been a consistent line of discussion throughout the day raising the specter . . .
On seed industry concentration and its claimed effects [#dojusda #agworkshop]
A common theme throughout the day has been the declining number of seed companies–increasing concentration–and its effect. Except no one has talked about the effect. . . .
A More ‘Competitive’ Agriculture? [#agworkshop]
The morning’s panel of farmers represented a variety of perspectives, ranging from more reasoned to more reactionary. Among the ideas suggested… Read the full piece . . .
Why Citizens United was right
Let me say at the outset, some of my prior beliefs. First, I believe in the marketplace of ideas and think that more speech is . . .
Economics versus politics in antitrust [#agworkshop]
Bill Northey, IA Ag Sec’y, sounds a bit like an economist (ah, turns out he has a degree in ag business and an MBA . . . .
Some political theater [#agworkshop]
As readers may know, Eric Holder was added to the workshop at the last minute (see the latest agenda here). So the day starts out . . .
The Aggregation Problem [#agworkshop]
As Geoff noted, we’re stationed at the DOJ/USDA workshop to witness the goings on and provide some comments. US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack opened . . .