Linkage

• Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell System Was in 1956 (Pro Market) If only we enforced antitrust these days.
• Not to be sniffed at: human sense of smell rivals that of dogs, says study (The Guardian) It turns out that our noses are not insensitive, but untrained, which is not surprising, since they spent most of their time 1.5 meters above the ground.
• Still Not an Activist (Jacobin) On Hillary, whose posse on her current vanity project includes a lobbyist for failed predatory lender Countrywide Financial.
• Even The Cable Lobby’s Questionable Survey Shows Most Americans Want Net Neutrality (Consumerist) Rule one of high speed internet:  The incumbents suck.
• Lawyer with Responsibility for Mortgage Crisis Appointed to Take Care of Mortgage Banks (Real News Network) Trump's latest appointee.

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