With New Wave of Mega-Mergers, the Big Aim to Get Bigger
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at https://ilsr.org/new-wave-of-mega-mergers-means-the-big-get-bigger/A recent agreement between two beer conglomerates will turn them into a single company with control over nearly 30 percent of the global beer market and 70 percent of the U.S. market — and it’s just one deal in a recent spate of mega-mergers that’s set to make 2015 a record year for mergers and acquisitions. While much of this concentration is invisible to most of us, its effects ripple throughout all areas of the economy. Continue reading