New York Times: The Worst Is Yet to Come
May 20, 2020 -- The New York Times’ Farhad Manjoo talked to Economic Liberties' Research Director Matt Stoller about the coronavirus crisis and the opportunity Americans have to revitalize failing institutions.
Antitrust Case Against Google is Long Overdue
May 15, 2020– The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, which indicates the Department of Justice and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Google.
Antitrust Enforcers Should Block the Facebook-Giphy Merger, and Investigate Google for Anti-Competitive Behavior
May 15, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reports that Facebook plans to acquire Giphy for $400 million.
Is It Time To Break Up Everything?
May 15, 2020 – Economic Liberties Executive Director Sarah Miller joined Thom Hartmann to explain why coronavirus is strengthening corporate power and why a merger moratorium could help stall further economic consolidation.
Amazon Staff Lose Hazard Pay—and Lives—as Bezos Cashes In
May 15, 2020 – Economic Liberties Policy Analyst Olivia Webb talked to the Daily Beast about Amazon’s growing monopoly power and what its dangerous dominance means for workers and the communities they support.