Powerful industrial blocs or cartels are increasingly drawing the attention and in some cases the ire of lawmakers who blame them in part for rising inflation. With sputtering supply chains driving inflation to 40-year highs, market forces of all sorts are coming under the scrutiny of both legislators and regulators. A recurring theme is the power held by a few big companies in many different industries.
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Agricultural economists manipulated data to block Congress from acting on high beef prices and the destruction of independent cattle ranching. Why? Because they think monopolies are good.