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Episode Mentions
Odd Lots · May 7, 2026
How an American City Can Become a Manufacturing Hub
“Major semiconductor/transistor manufacturer in Allentown; plant closed in 1970s; evolved into Broadcom”
Urban Manufacturing StrategyZoning Code ReformFederal Industrial Policy
View AnalysisVersion History · Apr 12, 2026
Western Electric 500: Monopoly phone
“AT&T's wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiary that produced 90%+ of US telephones and equipment, subject of antitrust action”
AT&T Monopoly History and BreakupWestern Electric 500 Design and EngineeringRegulated Monopoly Business Model
View AnalysisLaw and Chaos · Feb 6, 2026
Ep 202 — From Atari to NVIDIA: We Don’t Care, We Don’t Have To!
“AT&T subsidiary that manufactured phones; example of vertical integration enabling monopolistic profit skimming”
Copyright Law and Software ProtectionAntitrust Enforcement and Monopoly RegulationGPU Market Consolidation and Competition
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