NBC News: Facebook spread rumors about arsonists setting fires in Oregon. It’s part of their business model.
September 17, 2020 — In an exclusive piece for NBC News, Economic Liberties’ Director of State and Local Policy Pat Garafolo explained why structural and regulatory changes are needed to stop Facebook from supercharging misinformation and propaganda.
Close to Home: How the Power of Facebook and Google Affects Local Communities
August 31, 2020 — Authored by Pat Garofalo, "Close to Home" analyzes the ways Facebook and Google have harmed local businesses and destroyed local journalism, exposes the political strategies they use to extract subsidies from local communities, and details solutions – at both the federal and local level – to readjust the legal underpinning of this dangerous business model.
Responsible Investor: The Strange Success Logic of Stakeholder Capitalism
August 25, 2020 — In Responsible Investor, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Denise Hearn argues that investors’ interests do not always align with those of society and encourages careful consideration of the win-win marker used for investors and companies that engage social justice movements.
Fortune: Why are local governments paying Amazon to destroy Main Street?
August 23, 2020 — Economic Liberties’ Director of State and Local Policy Pat Garofalo explained in Fortune how cities and states are hurting their own small, local businesses by subsidizing Amazon.
ProMarket: Tech Monopolies Are the Reason the US Now Has a TikTok Problem
August 7, 2020 — By revealing Facebook’s complicated history with TikTok, Economic Liberties’ National Security Advisor Lucas Kunce showed why big tech monopolies are structurally unable to defend American interests and should never be trusted with that task in ProMarket.
The Appeal: Last Week’s Big Tech Antitrust Hearings Sent An Unmistakable Message – Change is in the Air for America’s Corporate Giants
August 6, 2020 —Economic Liberties' Executive Director Sarah Miller published a piece in the Appeal about the growing desire to break with the 1970s-era, hands-off antitrust ideology that has caused extreme economic concentration.