Monopolies Are Becoming the Norm Even in Niche Parts of the US Economy

by Matt Stoller (Truth to Power) Today I’m going to write about a bunch of niche industries in which there are rising amounts of market concentration, largely due to financiers on Wall Street executing a strategy called a ‘roll-up.’ Roll-ups happen in sectors that, like cheerleading, you wouldn’t immediately imagine as dominated by corporations with market power. https://russia-insider.com/en/monopolies-are-becoming-norm-even-niche-parts-us-economy/ri30956