The good hands of Allstate insurance are dipping deeper into the pockets of Georgia policyholders. According to Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, John King, Allstate is using a loophole in Georgia’s law to increase automobile insurance rates by 25 percent. “I am angry and disappointed that Allstate has chosen to exploit a loophole in state law to implement such a substantial increase in costs on hardworking Georgians when families are already struggling with historic inflation everywhere from the gas pump to the grocery store,” King said in a statement.

Last week, Gary Kauffman of Augusta Business Daily reported that “the PGA Tour was the only meaningful option for golfers playing at the highest levels, yet the tour doesn’t compensate the golfers for their revenues at the level of athletes in other sports.” (See Pro golfers file antitrust lawsuit). Eleven golfers have filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. In economics, a monopoly is a single seller of a product. As every student in an introductory class knows, a monopoly can charge a higher price for its product than