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Explore "consumer choice" with insightful episodes like "Can an old law bring down grocery prices?", "Bad Apple: The Trustbusters Target Big Tech" and "The United States vs. the iPhone" from podcasts like ""The Indicator from Planet Money", "Many Happy Returns" and "The Daily"" and more!

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Can an old law bring down grocery prices?

Since 2020, grocery prices have shot up. If you're looking to save a buck, it's often more affordable to shop for groceries at a big retailer like Walmart. But some smaller grocers say those low prices are the result of an unfair playing field—and they're looking to a little-used antitrust law from the 1930s as a solution. Today, we consider the Robinson-Patman Act and whether reviving it could bring consumers some relief.

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Feeling inflation in the grocery store (Apple / Spotify)

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Bad Apple: The Trustbusters Target Big Tech

US regulators have swung for the fences, accusing Apple of running an illegal smartphone monopoly. But will the legal cases facing big tech firms hurt stock prices?

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enMarch 27, 2024

The United States vs. the iPhone

Last week, the Justice Department took aim at Apple, accusing the company of violating competition laws with practices intended to keep customers reliant on their iPhones.

David McCabe, who covers technology policy for The Times, discusses the latest and most sweeping antimonopoly case against a titan of Silicon Valley.

Guest: David McCabe, who covers technology policy for The New York Times.

Background reading:

The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s suite of devices and services.
Read about five major U.S. cases targeting Big Tech.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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Can an old law bring down grocery prices?

Bad Apple: The Trustbusters Target Big Tech

The United States vs. the iPhone