Competition Advocates Urge Justice, Banking Regulators to Block Capital One-Discover Merger
April 4, 2025 – Today, American Economic Liberties Project, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Public Citizen sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging them to block the proposed Capital One-Discover merger under federal antitrust and banking statutes.
DOJ Approval of Capital One-Discover Would be a Shocking Wall Street Giveaway
April 3, 2025 – In response to a report that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division will decline to challenge Capital One’s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Tariffs Are Vital Tool to Rebalance U.S. Trade, but Trump Must Act Immediately to Stop Corporations from Using New Tariffs as Cover to Price-Gouge
April 2, 2025 – Today, as the Trump administration announces its tariffs plan, American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade Director, Lori Wallach, released this statement.
Attempted Firings Jeopardize Critical FTC Lawsuit Against ‘Big Three’ PBMs
April 2, 2025 – In response to the news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has paused its lawsuit against the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for engaging in an allegedly illegal rebate scheme that inflated insulin list prices, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties’ Morgan Harper Testifies Today in Senate Judiciary on Big Tech Remedies
April 1, 2025 – This afternoon at 2:30pm EST, Morgan Harper, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project, will testify in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights for a hearing on “Big Fixes for Big Tech.”