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In ProMarket: Today’s Tax Code Fuels Corporate Power. It Wasn’t Always This Way
Susan Holmberg
April 12, 2023
Our tax system used to serve as a check on corporate power. Now it fuels market concentration and undermines the ability of small businesses to compete, Susan Holmberg and Niko Lusiani explain in ProMarket.READ MORE
Report: Tax Dodging is a Monopoly Tactic
March 30, 2023
Local and federal policymakers have systematically structured tax policy in a way that deepens the concentration of corporate power, Stacy Mitchell and Susan Holmberg argue in this issue brief, co-published with the Roosevelt Institute.READ MORE
FEATURED REPORTS
Boxed Out: How Big Retailers are Flexing Their Supply Chain Power to Kill Off Small Businesses
Stacy Mitchell
September 22, 2022
Report: How New Federal Antimerger Guidelines Can Roll Back Corporate Concentration and Build Local Power
Stacy Mitchell
June 29, 2022
Issue Brief: Why the 21st Century Antitrust Act is Critical for New York Small Businesses
Katy Milani
May 19, 2022
Our Guide Gives State and Local Leaders Tools to Fight Corporate Monopolies
Jess Del Fiacco
July 15, 2020
RECENT ARTICLES
In the New York Times: The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive
Luke Gannon
May 29, 2023
As big retailers exploit their financial control over suppliers, independent grocers face extinction, creating food deserts and driving up prices for everyone. In the New York Times, Stacy Mitchell calls to resurrect the Robinson-Patman Act and restore fair competition in the warped landscape of the American food system.READ MORE
In Crain’s, NY Antitrust Bill Can Level the Playing Field for Small Business
Luke Gannon
April 4, 2022
In The Forge: We Need a Popular Front to Overthrow Corporate Rule. Small Businesses Are Key.
Stacy Mitchell
March 24, 2022
In Financial Times: The Innovations We Lose if We Don’t Break Up Big Tech
Susan Holmberg
February 16, 2022
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OUR ADVOCACY WORK
WATCH: Midwest Forum on Fair Markets
Reggie Rucker
September 22, 2022
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya gave keynotes at the forum, which featured panel discussions by workers, small business owners, and others on the frontlines fighting for antimonopoly reform in Minnesota and nationally.READ MORE
"Trustbusting Is Making a Comeback": Stacy Mitchell's Keynote at the National Rural Grocery Summit:
Luke Gannon
June 22, 2022
ILSR Calls for New Merger Standards to Halt Concentration, Revive Local Economies
Stacy Mitchell
April 27, 2022
Congressional Testimony: How Concentrated Corporate Power Undermines Shared Prosperity
Katy Milani
July 14, 2021
FEATURED FROM OUR PODCAST
Housing Is Where the Heart Is
Luke Gannon
May 18, 2023
Jasmine Harris, a Louisville Tenant Organizer, turned to activism after her roof started caving in to ensure that every resident in Louisville has safe and affordable housing. Tara Raghuveer, Executive Director of Kansas City Tenants, discusses how private equity firms exploit the housing market and government reforms to protect tenants' rights.READ MORE
AUDIO & VIDEO
On Vox's Today Explained: Ron Knox on Blocking the Kroger-Albertsons Supermerger
Luke Gannon
October 31, 2022