The Fortress Economy

While headlines focus on stock market highs and job numbers, a deeper transformation is reshaping American capitalism: the rise of 'economic fortresses'—mega-corporations using regulatory capture, data moats, and strategic litigation to eliminate competition. We examine how this quiet consolidation of market power is driving inequality, stifling innovation, and concentrating unprecedented control over essential services in ways that traditional antitrust frameworks weren't designed to address. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.