Bernie Sanders Finally Found a Corporate Conglomerate He Likes. It Happens To Be His Publisher.

The high price of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ anti-capitalism text, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.Vt. / Getty Images) has brought down the Vermont senator.

February 25, 2023

Senator Bernie Sanders (I.Vt.) finally found a corporate conglomerate that he likes. It is the same publishing company that gave Sanders a $170,000 advance to publish a book he called “The Greatest Book Ever Written.” “a progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo.”

Sanders’s latest Book, It’s OK To Be Angrily About CapitalismIt is being Published Crown Publishing Group is an imprint of Penguin Random House. Last year, the publishing giant was criticized for its $2.2 billion merger proposal with Simon & Schuster. Blocked In October. But, Washington Free Beacon Revision revealed that Sanders did not comment on either the Justice Department’s injunction or the proposal.

He could face further hypocrisy charges for his silence on the book tour that has already been fraught. Sanders was ridiculed earlier this month for charging $28 for a book-length critique on capitalism and promoting it at an evening for which tickets could have cost as high as $95 via Ticketmaster. When Sanders was pressed on the high price and alleged monopolistic practices of Ticketmaster, he was mocked. Face the Nation‘s Margaret Brennan, Sanders Answered Blaming his publisher, he implied that he was forced into the capitalist system.

Penguin Random House is one “Big Five” Publishing companies that work together Control The market is 80 percent. Penguin Random House holds a 25% market share. largest The Big Five. This 2013 initiative resulted in the founding of the publishing giant. Fusion Between Penguin and Random House. In a 2021 lawsuit, a group of booksellers. Indicted The Big Five in price-fixing.

Sanders’ silence has not been heard by many other conglomerates. The senator died on October 13, 2022. “the Biden administration must reject” The proposed merger of Kroeger & Albertsons grocery chains, claiming it was an instance of “corporate greed” That would be. “an absolute disaster” American families. He was still there two months later. praised The Federal Trade Commission rebuffed Microsoft’s proposal to acquire Activision Blizzard. They stated that “in sector after sector a handful of large corporations control what is produced” and that they pay the highest prices for their products. This must be stopped