A beef with ‘bigs’: Why rethink of competition starts with meat industry
Mike Callicrate doesn’t mince words: “Break ‘em up,” says the Kansas cattleman of the four meatpackers that dominate his industry. “We’ve got to have a different model going forward. It’s going to be a smaller, more local, regional model.”
It’s a notion that is gaining attention, and not just in agriculture. While few would go as far as breaking up companies, the idea that concentrated corporate power needs more government oversight is catching on. From academia to Congress to the White House, people are reconsidering “bigness.”
The industries getting the most scrutiny so far are Big Tech and meat. Complaints about the reach and influence of giant technology companies such as Meta (formerly Facebook) are rising from both sides of the political spectrum. And shutdowns of huge packing plants
