Economic Liberties Applauds Michigan House for Advancing Legislation to Ban Secret Deals
February 25, 2025 -- Following news that the Michigan House of Representatives has voted 80-28 to advance HB 4052 and HB 4053, a bill that would ban lawmakers and their staff from entering into nondisclosure agreements—which are often used to push through corporate subsidy deals in secret—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
New Report on “Surveillance Pricing” Exposes Harm to Workers and Consumers, Urges Public Enforcers and State Policymakers to Act
February 20, 2025 - Corporations are using mass surveillance and hidden algorithms to illegally inflate prices for consumers and suppress wages for workers, a new report from anti-monopoly, tech policy, workplace justice, and consumer rights advocates reveals.
Economic Liberties Welcomes Founder Sarah Miller as a Member of the Organization’s Board of Directors
February 18, 2025 -- The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that its founder and original Executive Director Sarah Miller, who most recently served as the Chief of Staff at the Federal Trade Commission, will return to the organization as a member of its Board of Directors.
Cost of Living Crisis Will Continue With the Fed Asleep at the Wheel and the Effective Shutdown of Enforcers Like the CFPB
February 12, 2025 — Following new Consumer Price Index (CPI) data indicating that inflation is reaccelerating across the country, rising at a rate 0.5% in January and 3% over the past 12 months, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Applauds Long-Overdue Merger Filing Reforms Taking Effect
February 7, 2025 — Today at 5 pm EST, merging firms must submit a new filing form to antitrust agencies. In October, the FTC and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division finalized a new rule for the Hart Scott Rodino form — a key pre-merger filing document that has not been updated since 1978 — to modernize and streamline the merger review process. The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.