Pharmacists emerged as the biggest opponents of the Kroger-Albertsons merger because they saw it as a fundamental threat to their livelihoods—this was unexpected to most observers, but reveals that the anti-monopoly frame's focus on power uncovers problems (power concentrating against workers) that outputs-focused analysis would miss.

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Speaker

Zephyr Teachout

Evidence Quote

pharmacists would be on fire about it and be the biggest opponents...pharmacists come out of the woodwork and say yeah this is killing us. we're we're getting starved [57:40]

Source

Three Visions of Where Democrats Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:54:06 AM

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