Chicago Booth Review: Capitalisn’t: GameStop, Robinhood, and our troubling obsession with speculation
February 11, 2021 — Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller dug into the recent GameStop stock frenzy, and what it reveals about the state of our economy writ large.
Economic Liberties Releases Agenda to Address America’s Concentration Crisis & New, Interactive Database of Recent M&A Activity
February 8, 2021 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released “Democratizing Markets", a comprehensive antitrust and competition policy agenda, and a new, interactive database of M&A activity that took place between January 2017 and January 2021.
CNET: Why WhatsApp users are moving their family members to Signal
February 5, 2021 — CNET turned to Economic Liberties’ Director of Strategy and Programs Nidhi Hegde to discuss why consumers are rightly concerned about Facebook’s privacy practices.
Amazon Workers Everywhere Deserve a Union
February 5, 2021 — Sarah Miller, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project, released the following statement in support of efforts by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama to organize for safer working conditions and better pay.
Tax Notes: Bills Reintroduced for Interstate Tax Incentives Compact
February 4, 2021 — Tax Notes turned to Economic Liberties’ State and Local Policy Director Pat Garofalo to explain the importance of a new state compact to limit the use of corporate tax subsidies.