that control almost 75% of sugar sales in the Southeast United States. Their merger flies in the face of the Clayton Act, ridding the industry of any real competition and posing serious threats to food prices and supply chain resiliency. The Justice Department is right on the law, and their quick call for an injunction,
and Editor. “By breathing new life into the Packers and Stockyards Act and providing $15 million in additional funding for state attorneys general, USDA is finally taking real steps to promote competition and lower prices in the meat and poultry markets.” Learn more about Economic Liberties here. ### The American Economic Liberties Project works to
is still law, it has not been enforced for nearly 40 years. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission ceased enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act in the 1970s claiming, without any real evidence, that the law harmed consumers. As a result, small businesses are now paying wholesale prices that are higher than the retail prices offered by power buyers
airfares are up 45% since 2019 and consumers are still waiting on $10 billion in unpaid refunds dating back more than two years. Airline passengers have no real choices, no bargaining power, and no recompense in the face of historic delays, mass cancellations, unpaid refunds, and untenable airfares in much of the country. As a
John Yoon was expecting a two-hour trip home to Mont real after visiting family in Philadelphia. Instead, he got four flight cancellations over five days, a $500 car rental and a 10-hour drive. Yoon was successively booked, canceled and rebooked on the same flight, something that would not come as a surprise to anyone who