Prohibiting Surveillance Prices and Wages
February 20, 2025 — This report, from Economic Liberties and partners, reveals how corporations are using mass surveillance and hidden algorithms to illegally inflate prices for consumers and suppress wages for workers -- and pushes state policymakers to take action.
Tools For Reining in Monopoly Utilities: A Guide for State Lawmakers
January 24, 2025 — "Tools For Reining in Monopoly Utilities: A Guide for State Lawmakers" serves as a how-to-guide for state and local lawmakers to fight back against corporate consolidation in the utilities industry.
How State Legislatures Can Protect Key Biden Consumer Protection and Small Business Rules
December 5, 2024 — This joint memo with the Consumer Federation of America Progress details ten policies based on FTC and CFPB actions that state legislatures can adopt.
Quick Fixes to Lock in Wins for Workers: How States Can Preserve New Federal Protections
November 26, 2024 — In this brief, Economic Liberties and partner organizations share recommendations on how state policymakers can move quickly to enact recent federal worker wins at the state level in order to protect working families against losing these safeguards.
Better Wages and Working Conditions: How States Should Tackle Noncompete Agreements, “TRAPs,” and Other Restraints On Worker Mobility
June 11, 2024 — The purpose of this memorandum is to provide model legislation and relevant context for state lawmakers seeking to protect workers, small businesses, and consumers from the harmful effects of noncompete agreements. Over the course of this memorandum, we describe what noncompete agreements are—including agreements that function as noncompetes—and describe best practices for banning them outright.