New CFPB Rule Promotes Fair and Competitive Access to Credit for Small Businesses
March 30, 2023 — In response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s unveiling of a final rule addressing Small Business Lending Data Collection, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Business Interests Dominate U.S. Trade Advisory System, Gain Access to Trade-Pact Texts Kept Secret from Public, New Economic Liberties Research Shows
March 30, 2023 — More than 400 U.S. trade advisors representing corporate interests can access classified trade texts and secretive processes while the public, press, and, to some degree, even Congress are locked out, a new website launched today by American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program reveals
Ohio Attorney General Yost Rightly Challenges PBM Mafia
March 28, 2023 — In response to a new lawsuit from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s targeting pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts and its allies for collusion, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties Lays Out a Roadmap for 118th Congress to Rein In Corporate Power
March 24, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new policy agenda for antimonopoly advocates in the 118th Congress to rein in corporate power and shift our country to a fairer economy. The agenda includes a series of legislative ideas and policy proposals across sectors, recommendations for congressional investigations, and other tools for legislators looking to fight back against concentrated corporate power.
Senate Commerce Engages in Key Debate Around Harms of Airline Deregulation and Consolidation
March 23, 2023 — The nation’s airline industry is broken,” explained American Economic Liberties Project Senior Fellow William J. McGee in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee this morning. “It has found us all lurching from crisis to crisis, meltdown to meltdown, as the interests of consumers, workers, and entire regions of the country are subjugated to the interests of a handful of institutional investors, lobbyists, and senior executives.”