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So, for the United States - we should be pointing fingers at one or two things... Is it a) the FTC has not stopped bad mergers. Too much power over the price o

So, for the United States - we should be pointing fingers at one or two things... Is it a) the FTC has not stopped bad mergers. Too much power over the price of food/gas/etc... in control by 1 company. Or b) actual price collusion. From my personal research price collusion has become "legalized" through a cottage industry of "price analyst" companies that provide "good guestimates" of what gas, food, etc... should be. (aka realpage is out there for EVERYTHING already we just need to find them).

edrxty 3y ago
In terms of price collision the big one is rent, there are a couple companies that sell software to literally all of the institutional landlords which determines what pricing should be for each market. The only reason rent isn't currently going through the roof was that corporate fad of buying up every property under the sun for nice reliable income.
- dantheman 3y ago
  Why could corporations and anyone else buy up everything - was it perhaps absurdly low interest rates?
skippyboxedhero 3y ago
There are no conclusions for the US. The EU isn't the US, the state of competition in each region is unrelated.