Industrial Policy

January 17, 2025— A new paper shedding light on how investor-owned utilities overcharge ratepayers through excessive rates of return, and offering concrete recommendations to ensure rates are fair and aligned with the public interest.

October 8, 2024 — On August 5, 2024, Google was ruled an illegal monopolist– for the second time in less than a year. Next, Judge Mehta will decide how to remedy the illegal conduct in search markets. With the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice about to release its “high level” remedy framework, Economic Liberties presents a collection of proposals to guide public discussion.

September 26, 2024 — Amid growing recognition of the need to reform America’s electrical utility system to reduce consumer costs, improve reliability, and accelerate the transition to cleaner energy sources, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new white paper, with contributors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), outlining policy recommendations to reform investor-owned utilities. The paper, “Reforming the Utility System to Better Serve the American Public,” is the third installment of Economic Liberties’ Industrial Policy and Competition Series.

February 6, 2024 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new paper identifying market structures and business practices that could undermine CHIPS’ success in growing a resilient U.S. semiconductor industry and proposing competition and trade policies to overcome them.

October 16, 2023 — The first piece in Economic Liberties new Industrial Policy Series, this report focuses on the market for residential heat pumps, one of the key energy-saving technologies supported by the IRA.