Washington, D.C. — Today, the American Economic Liberties Project announced the launch of The Economic Populist, a new weekly Substack newsletter dedicated to leveraging the organization’s technical and legal expertise to break down how corporate power shapes Americans’ day-to-day lives and provide a home for the anti-monopoly community to engage, learn, and connect.

“Monopoly power explains everything from soaring grocery bills to unaffordable rents, rising healthcare costs, declining working conditions, and why small businesses struggle to compete,” said Nidhi Hegde, Interim Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. “The Economic Populist will make sense of this growing crisis, explore solutions, and offer people the tools and community to push back against out-of-control corporate dominance. Poll after poll shows that the American people are fed up with monopoly power — and they deserve to know what their government is doing about it. We’re excited to continue fostering the growing movement of small business owners, entrepreneurs, workers, and consumers fighting for fair markets, economic freedom, and justice.”

As corporate consolidation harms families, workers, and businesses alike, The Economic Populist will unpack the root causes of these challenges, highlight important policy developments across industries and state, local, and federal government, and explain how communities can organize for change. Subscribers will receive an in-depth analysis on a critical issue of economic power each week, paired with a concise end-of-week digest on the latest news in government and policymaking.

Subscribe to The Economic Populist here.

Learn more about Economic Liberties here.

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.