USA Today: Don’t let the airlines fool you. Regulate their cancellations and high fares.
July 21, 2022 — In USA Today, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow for Aviation & Travel Bill McGee lays out the causes of the current airline and travel crisis, highlighting Secretary Buttigieg’s inadequate response and arguing for rolling back federal preemption, which currently prevents state attorneys general among others from holding the airlines accountable.
The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia: The Secret Health Care Monopolies Jacking Up Drug Prices and Abusing Patients and Pharmacists
June 22, 2022 — Designed to catalogue the ways PBMs wield their power to exploit patients, pharmacists, doctors and our government, "The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia" details PBMs’ abusive business practices, their history of skirting regulation, and how the FTC’s recent efforts can put power back into the hands of patients and pharmacists.
Big Tech Monopolies Endanger American Security
June 17, 2022 — “Big Tech Monopolies Endanger American Security" details how Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook have repeatedly prioritized shareholder profit above all else, and in fact, consistently engage in behavior that is in direct contrast to U.S. national security interests in order to maintain their monopoly power.
The Guardian: The US baby formula shortage isn’t bad luck. It was completely preventable
June 13, 2022 — In The Guardian, Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller explains how shortages of vital, life-preserving goods are routine in America – and they’re the product of bad policy.
Newsweek: WTO Cannot Continue as Barrier to COVID-19 Medicines | Opinion
June 10, 2022 — In Newsweek, Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach partners with Nobel Laureate and Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz to spotlight the crisis at the WTO as they holds its first summit in five years.
Jacobin: Vulture Capitalists Want To Flood the Health Care System With Cheap Medical Labor
May 20, 2022 — In Jacobin, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik details how private equity firms have conspired to flood the emergency health care market with ER doctors in an effort to cut labor costs.