The Guardian: The US baby formula shortage isn’t bad luck. It was completely preventable
June 13, 2022 — In The Guardian, Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller explains how shortages of vital, life-preserving goods are routine in America – and they’re the product of bad policy.
ProMarket: Mergers and Smoking Guns
May 13, 2022 — In 1980, Richard Posner and George Stigler drafted a memo to help the Reagan admin “throttle back” antitrust enforcement. As Economic Liberties’ Research Manager & Editor Erik Peinert details for ProMarket, “it gets to the heart of current debates about the direction of antitrust.”
A New Era: A Stronger FTC to Defend Working Families and Honest Businesses
May 3, 2022 (Updated) — "A New Era" details how the Federal Trade Commission, led by Chair Lina Khan, is engaging in more effective, modern, and democratic enforcement to better protect consumers, workers, and independent businesses.
Stakeholder Capitalism’s Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-monopoly?
April 27, 2022 — “Stakeholder Capitalism’s Next Frontier: Pro- or Anti-Monopoly?” provides a detailed examination of the growing stakeholder capitalism movement and argues that its failure to embrace anti-monopoly principles is undermining its own objectives.
ProMarket: Inflation, Corporate Power, and the Forgotten New Deal
April 13, 2022 — Economic Liberties’ Research Manager and Editor Erik Peinert wrote a piece for ProMarket detailing the ways that the Biden administration can take on inflation and the economic disruptions of supply, employment, and output plaguing the U.S.