Kroger has redirected money initially earmarked for ‘price investments’ to boost quarterly earnings per share instead. Moreover, hypothetical ‘reputational harms’ from price hikes do not serve as real restraints on corporations with lots of market power, and Kroger knows it.” “Meanwhile, the Albertsons CEO– who demonstrated his lack of credibility well before the hearing by
october 25, 2023 — rethink trade, columbia law school’s columbia center on sustainable investment and georgetown university law’s center for the advancement of the rule of law in the americas and center on inclusive trade and development released a comprehensive white paper, “turning the tide: how to harness the americas partnership for economic prosperity to
September 8, 2023 — This morning, Judge Mehta denied the motion filed by Economic Liberties, Demand Progress, Open Markets Institute, and the Revolving Door Project asking the Court to provide a publicly available audio feed of the unsealed portions of the upcoming Google Search antitrust trial.
shook off a late barrage of attack ads to win, convincingly. What these perhaps disparate policy fights all have in common is they are connected to the real economy that people see and feel in the jobs they work, the bills they pay, the stores they shop in, the events they want to attend. Focusing
They point to a series of Democratic policies that, though enacted, did not help win votes. It’s an intriguing thesis, and worth considering. If economic policy doesn’t real ly matter to voters, as many political scientists argue, then politics really should orient itself around cultural questions. That said, these authors use an odd basket of