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.
Unions, Small Business Groups & Advocates Launch LowerCreditCardFees.com Urging Congress to Pass CCCA
November 15, 2023 — A diverse group of organizations representing workers, small businesses, competition and consumer advocates, launched a new ‘Lower Credit Card Fees’ Coalition to dispel myths surrounding the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) and urging Congress to pass it. The new microsite home for the coalition, lowercreditcardfees.com, which includes crucial background on how the legislation would address significant market failures in the credit card payment network, comes alongside new research from government watchdog Accountable.US, which highlights the dark money at play in this legislative fight.
Union Workers, Consumer Advocates, and Competition Policy Experts Urge FTC to Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger
November 14, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project and a coalition of local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today hosted a virtual event—featuring policy experts, consumers, and grocery workers—urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the harmful Kroger-Albertsons merger. The event comes alongside a new policy brief from Economic Liberties, which substantively breaks down this merger’s effect on food prices, consumer choice, and supply chain fragility, titled “SupermarketSqueeze: The Real Costs of the Kroger-Albertsons Deal.”
Climate and Economic Justice Advocates Urge FTC to Block Big Oil Consolidation
November 8, 2023 — Today, the American Economic Liberties Project, along with Climate Power, Demand Progress, Sierra Club and eighteen additional signatories—a coalition of advocates for economic and climate justice—sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to investigate and block recently proposed mega-acquisitions by Big Oil firms ExxonMobil and Chevron.