Antitrust Enforcers Must Block Devastating Uber-Postmates Merger
Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reporting from Bloomberg, which revealed that Uber, the parent company of Uber Eats, is seeking to acquire Postmates for $2.65 billion.
The Logic: Big Tech podcast: Matt Stoller on taking on the tech goliaths
July 2, 2020— Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller explained how the political landscape has changed from the time of the railroad tycoons to the modern Silicon Valley tech monopolies on Big Tech.
Matt Stoller: How we MUST reclaim economic power from federal reserve, technocrats
June 30, 2020—Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller explained the history behind recent economic crises and the need to reclaim power from the Federal Reserve.
Economic Liberties Outlines Reforms to Restore Competition, Fair Pricing and Transparency to Government Contracting
Washington, D.C.— The American Economic Liberties Project today released “Caveat Emptor: Reversing the Anti-Competitive and Over-Pricing Policies That Plague Government Contracting,” a new report detailing how the government contracting process has been transformed to the almost exclusive benefit of corporate interests. The report comes as Congress debates the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets out defense contracting policy.
ProMarket: Regulators Turn Their Attention Towards Apple’s Exploitation of App Developers. Now What?
June 24, 2020 — Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller spoke to ProMarket about Apple’s exploitation of smaller app developers and its dangerous concentration of market power.