New York Times: New Majority Gives F.T.C. a Chance to Push an Aggressive Agenda
May 11, 2022 — Following Alvaro Bedoya’s confirmation to the FTC, Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller talked with The New York Times about what Bedoya’s nomination means for helping the FTC advance Chair Khan’s democratic agenda.
POLITICO New York Playbook: Tish James pitches abortion fund
May 10, 2022 — POLITICO New York Playbook wrote about a new coalition report from New Yorkers for a Fair Economy that examines the correlation between declining wages within the warehouse and delivery industry and Amazon’s growth in New York.
There Are No Legal Grounds for Demand that Kanter Recuse Himself in Google Litigation
May 10, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project released a statement in response to news that Assistant Attorney General of Antitrust Jonathan Kanter is being barred from working on the Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google.
Match Group Suit Details Google’s Abuse of App Store Monopoly
May 9, 2022 — The American Economic Liberties Project released a statement in response to a new lawsuit from Match Group that takes aim at Google’s abuse of its app store monopoly.
Washington Post: White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry
May 7, 2022 — Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach discussed with Washington Post why the U.S. must rebuild solar equipment manufacturing, and take on the imports flooding the market made cheap by forced labor.