Alexander J. Stein<p>(2/2) The Reagan administration stopped enforcing the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RobinsonPatman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobinsonPatman</span></a> Act, which banned price discrimination & made it illegal for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retailers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retailers</span></a> to demand preferential deals. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RetailChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetailChains</span></a> could scale up & leverage their size, while independent retailers died off: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/</span></a></p>
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nullagent<p>Some excellent reporting on food deserts in the Atlantic today.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/FoodDeserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodDeserts</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/RobinsonPatman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobinsonPatman</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/stacymitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stacymitchell</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
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