Powell Memo: Start of the Counterrevolution

“Business must learn the lesson . . . that political power is necessary,” so advised future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. His memo helped launch the counterrevolution to the tumultuous 1960s. Read more.

Powell Memo: Start of the Counterrevolution

"Business must learn the lesson . . . that political power is necessary," so advised future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. His memo helped launch the counterrevolution to the tumultuous 1960s. … [Read More...]

2023 Could be ‘The Year’ the FTC Takes on Big Tech

With a Democratic shift, the Federal Trade Commission is finally in a position to tackle the internet monopolies it helped create. Read more. … [Read More...]

The Cartel Economy & the Telecom Cartel

The U.S. economy is consolidating with ever-larger conglomerates gaining ever-more power. Read more. … [Read More...]

DAVID ROSEN is a widely published author whose books include
Sex, Sin & Subversion: The Transformation of 1950s New York’s Forbidden into America’s New Normal (2016); Sex Scandal America: Politics & the Ritual of Public Shaming (2009); Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films (1991), originally commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project. He is author of many scholarly articles, book reviews and popular pieces on media-tech, telecom, politics, sex and American life.