Economic Liberties & Fight Corporate Monopolies Welcome New Staff & Board Member
March 26, 2021— Economic Liberties welcomed two new staff members and a new board member. Elle Ekman will join Economic Liberties as Senior National Security Fellow and Brandi Collins-Dexter will join Economic Liberties’ Board of Directors. J.D. Scholten will join Fight Corporate Monopolies, Economic Liberties’ 501(c)4 arm, as Senior Advisor.
Economic Liberties’ Statement on President Biden’s Nomination of Lina Khan to the FTC
March 22, 2021 — Economic Liberties released the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement that he will nominate Professor Lina Khan to replace Joseph Simons at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Dozens of Advocacy Groups Launch Coalition to Ban Surveillance Advertising
March 22, 2021 — More than three dozen national and international non-profit organizations – whose advocacy spans from antitrust, corporate accountability, and consumer protection to privacy, civil rights, and counter-disinformation – launched a coalition to ban surveillance advertising.
Economic Liberties and Public Citizen Outline Path Forward for House Antitrust Subcommittee
March 18, 2021 — In a letter that will be included in the House Antitrust Subcommittee’s congressional record, Economic Liberties and Public Citizen outlined recommendations to restore the country’s antitrust laws to help confront monopoly power and produce broad-based prosperity and economic freedom for all.
“Investigate Insulin Now” Launches to Take Aim at Deadly Insulin Cartel
March 11, 2021 — Economic Liberties and a coalition of 42 advocates and economic justice organizations launched “Investigate Insulin Now,” an organizing campaign spotlighting how three companies — Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi — have colluded with one another to hike insulin prices in lockstep for years, and demanding policymakers at the Federal Trade Commission investigate and prosecute this deadly pharmaceutical cartel.