the following statement. As mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Economic Liberties previously sent a letter to the FTC urging them to investigate the role of GPOs in drug shortages and rising healthcare costs in 2022, and recently detailed the market power of these middlemen in a policy brief, “The Dirty Secret of Drug Shortages.”
virtual event—featuring policy experts, consumers, and grocery workers—urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the harmful Kroger-Albertsons merger. The event comes alongside a new policy brief from Economic Liberties, which substantively breaks down this merger’s effect on food prices, consumer choice, and supply chain fragility, titled “SupermarketSqueeze: The Real Costs of the Kroger-Albertsons Deal.”
December 13, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new policy Quick Take, “Gary Gensler Got It Right,” highlighting how Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gensler helped contain the crypto meltdown and protect the real economy from its effects.
July 20, 2020 — Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller spoke to Politico about how the Antitrust Subcommittee could best get answers from Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and Mark Zucerkberg.
A detailed dataset of M&A activity that took place between January 2017 and January 2021, further concentrating the American economy.