Mother Jones: Can an Oversight Board Created by Facebook Actually Fix the Company’s Failings?
March 19, 2021 — Mother Jones turned to Economic Liberties’ Steering Committee Member Zephyr Teachout to understand the failings of the Facebook Oversight Board.
Economic Liberties and Public Citizen Outline Path Forward for House Antitrust Subcommittee
March 18, 2021 — In a letter that will be included in the House Antitrust Subcommittee’s congressional record, Economic Liberties and Public Citizen outlined recommendations to restore the country’s antitrust laws to help confront monopoly power and produce broad-based prosperity and economic freedom for all.
Financial Times: Pharma is riding a vaccine high, but reputational risks loom
March 17, 2021 — The Financial Times reached out to Economic Liberties’ Policy Analyst Olivia Webb spoke to discuss Big Pharma and whether recent positive PR will shield the industry from campaigns like Investigate Insulin Now.
New Yorker: A Kansas Bookshop’s Fight with Amazon Is About More Than the Price of Books
March 12, 2021 — In a must-read feature that noted the influence of Research Director Matt Stoller’s book Goliath, The New Yorker illustrated how Amazon’s monopoly power is crushing independent bookstores across the country — and every other independent business that defines American downtowns.
“Investigate Insulin Now” Launches to Take Aim at Deadly Insulin Cartel
March 11, 2021 — Economic Liberties and a coalition of 42 advocates and economic justice organizations launched “Investigate Insulin Now,” an organizing campaign spotlighting how three companies — Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi — have colluded with one another to hike insulin prices in lockstep for years, and demanding policymakers at the Federal Trade Commission investigate and prosecute this deadly pharmaceutical cartel.