an easier time avoiding follow-up questions than if they were in person. But she said that if they do, lawmakers should respond with subpoenas to get the answers they need. "Having to sit there in that room — looking at this panel of lawmakers and answering their questions face to face — is an important
already “too big to manage.” “During a pandemic and recession that will surely result in greater inequality and corporate concentration, Morgan Stanley's proposed acquisition of E*Trade poses real risks to competition and financial safety,” said Graham Steele, Senior Fellow at American Economic Liberties Project. “The Fed has no business waving through yet another merger that
committee sent the big tech companies a series of queries about how their businesses operate. The companies answered some questions but were hiding the ball on others. Answers to these, and other questions, play a critical role in informing prospective legislation. The antitrust subcommittee is actively considering what new antitrust laws should be passed; it
expense of consumers, working people, independent businesses, and communities. The first in a forthcoming series, Economic Liberties’ “What You Need to Know About the CARES Act Bailouts” answers questions about the bailout provisions of the CARES Act as carried out by the Federal Reserve, and provides guidance to inform future policy advocacy and strategy intended
the coronavirus, the U.S. dithered, maintaining business as normal and allowing large shipments of American-made respirators and ventilators to be sold to foreign buyers. The foreign shipments, detailed in dozens of government records, show exports to other hot spots where the pandemic has spread, including East Asia and Europe. American hospitals around the country are