BIG

BIG, from Matt Stoller, tracks the history and politics of monopoly power: how concentrated markets form, who benefits, and what antitrust enforcement can and can't actually do about it. Coverage spans tech platforms, agriculture, healthcare, and finance, but it keeps returning to the same throughline, consolidation and its effects on ordinary people.

Stoller writes as an advocate as much as a reporter, drawing on his own work in antitrust policy circles, and that gives BIG a point of view most business coverage avoids. It's close to essential reading for anyone trying to understand why so many industries feel dominated by a handful of firms.