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    Are Tech Giants Like Amazon, Facebook And Google Monopolies?

    There have been renewed calls among some researchers and activists for antitrust action against the country's biggest tech conglomerates.
    Sep 04, 2017 3 minutes
    Amazon's Echo and Echo Dot appear on sale at a Whole Foods Market in New York, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. Amazon has completed its $13.7 billion takeover of organic grocer Whole Foods, and the e-commerce giant is wasting no time putting its stamp on the company. (Joseph Pisani/AP)

    Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods has spurred industry buzz and a sell-off of competitors’ stock. The deal, which closed last week after a brisk approval from federal regulators, has also renewed calls among some researchers and activists for antitrust action against the country’s biggest tech conglomerates.

    Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller), who studies monopolies at the think tank Open Markets.

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