Lower Credit Card Fees Coalition Calls on Banking CEOs to End Price Gouging
December 5, 2023 — As executives from some of the nation’s largest financial institutions prepare to testify before Congress, the Lower Credit Card Fees Coalition today called on banks to end price gouging through high interest rates, credit card fees and other charges that drive up costs for consumers.
The NCAA Pivot To Compensate Athletes Demonstrates The Power of Antitrust
December 5, 2023 — In response to the letter sent today by NCAA President Charlie Baker proposing a new model for compensating college athletes, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Boston Globe: Travelers Lose in the JetBlue-Spirit merger
December 4, 2023 — Economic Liberties' Matt Stoller weighs in on the JetBlue-Spirit merger trial in a Boston Globe op-ed.
Here We Go Again: Airline Mergers Beget More Mergers and Flyers, Workers, and Local Communities Can’t Afford Alaska-Hawaiian
December 4, 2023 — In response to news that Alaska Air Group has agreed to acquire rival Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
The White House and Congress Must Break GPOs’ Gatekeeping Power to Truly Solve Drug Shortage Crisis
November 28, 2023 — In response to new actions announced by the Biden administration yesterday to use the Defense Production Act to boost domestic manufacturing of essential medicines in order to protect patients from shortages—as part of a broader effort to strengthen supply chain resilience—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.