Monopoly Round-Up: Price-Fixing in French Fries, Pianos, Plumbing Supplies, Storage Units, Plus FTC Investigates McKinsey

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Why is the FTC looking at McKinsey? The reason is that this consulting giant is a ringleader of pricing in the economy. McKinsey’s main strength is that it is trusted by corporate America to gather large troves of sensitive business data, and then share insights about that data. To give you a sense of how this system works, here’s an email from a BIG reader on how important McKinsey is to his corporation.

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