When epidemics grow exponentially, the way the time flows becomes haphazard. If news of casualties were markers, it should seem like that time should shrink, but time seems to behave weirdly. It oscillates between periods of ennui, and panic of…
Knives Out is a modern throwback to classic Christie whodunits, complete with the imposing mansion, an old dead person, the usual assortment of idiosyncratic family members and backhanded political commentary. And the Pynchon Joke.
Every one is worried that monopolies are getting large. FTC is worried too.
This is not a post on Facebook and Instagram, or another commonly directed invective at the Amazon, YouTube and other platforms that are pervading our lives. After a long lull, FTC has decided that they need to step in and prevent the most pernicious monopoly that has cut many people: Razor Blades. Also, not in the way you think.
I write about things FTC got right, and what they got wrong, in their unanimous decision to sue to block the Edgewell-Harry’s merger.
Sometime back, I talked about grocery retail history, and as Trader Joe’s is in news recently, I think that it is a good time to visit the grocery landscape on this blog. I write about the history of Aldi and TJ’s and what makes TJ’s click: Supply Chain Integration, Product Curation, Staffing and Design Aesthetics.