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Banning Dynamic Pricing Won't Fix Concert Tickets

A Harry Styles presale seat hit $1,000 in January 2026, and legislators want to ban the pricing algorithm that produced it. They are targeting the symptom while the actual extraction machine, Live Nation's control of venues, ticketing, and promotion, keeps running.

By Zara Mitchell · 3 min read

Health

Antitrust Immunity Without Oversight Is Just a Price Hike With Extra Steps

A steroid injection costs $200 in a private office and $600 at a hospital-owned site. That gap is consolidation's arithmetic, and it compounds with every merger. Missouri just voted to accelerate it without a single safeguard attached.

By Dr. Alex Chen · 3 min read

Tech & AI

The Algorithm Set Your Rent. Nobody Asked It To

A pricing algorithm doesn't need a group chat to fix prices. It just needs a shared data feed and enough landlords running the same software. The US finally seems to be noticing.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read