# The Not-So-Free Market Eating Your Paycheck | Monologue Monday

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Podcast: [Common Sense with Chad Law | Political Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-sense-with-chad-law-political-commentary-4943048)
Published: 2026-06-23T20:00:46+00:00
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Text the show! Most Americans think they live in a free market. But if that's true, why do we keep ending up with fewer airlines, fewer hospitals, fewer pharmacies, fewer banks, fewer food processors, and fewer choices? In this episode of Common Sense with Chad Law, we take a hard look at the forgotten conservative history of antitrust, trustbusting, and competition. From Theodore Roosevelt and Standard Oil to Reagan and AT&T, we explore why conservatives once saw concentrated corporate...

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