Our Work

August 31, 2022 — In an op-ed for Syracuse.com, Economic Liberties' Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo discusses the latest hospital merger moving through Syracuse and makes the case for why "New York regulators and lawmakers should not only reject this deal, but repeal the underlying legislation that could make it so damaging."

August 25, 2022 — In Fortune, Economic Liberties' Senior Fellow Denise Hearn made it clear that corporate break ups are common and explained how they can benefit consumers, workers, small businesses, and even investors.

August 23, 2022 — On the heels of a historic post-pandemic merger wave, and a recent joint Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice merger guideline rewriting initiative, the American Economic Liberties Project released “Why Merger Policy Matters,” highlighting why the movement underway to rethink merger policy is key to leveling the playing field for businesses, consumers, and working people.

August 10, 2022 — Economic Liberties' Director of Policy & Advocacy Morgan Harper launched a monthly newsletter to catalogue the latest with the “antitrust agencies,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, as well as cover the work of other federal agencies that regulate competition policy.

July 29, 2022 — In NJ Star-Ledger, Economic Liberties' Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo details how a New Jersey town fought back against a harmful corporate subsidy agreement.

July 28, 2022 — A joint report from the American Economic Liberties Project and Fight Corporate Monopolies, "Ban Secret Deals: How Secret Corporate Subsidy Deals Harm Communities, and What to Do About It," details the harmful nature of secretive “economic development” deals and provides local communities with tools to combat them.