Small Business Owners are Part of a Broad, Collective Struggle
We wrote a letter in response to Melinda Cooper’s arguments in Dissent Magazine linking Trumpism with small business owners.… Read More
Video: The Progressive Fight for Small Business w/ Rep. Pramila Jayapal, White House Advisor Tim Wu, and Leading Advocates
In January, ILSR hosted a conversation with key leaders and advocates including Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu to discuss the importance of small business to achieving a vibrant, equitable economy where all people and communities can thrive. … Read More
Video: Watch ILSR’s Event on Democratizing Power
Watch video of this inspiring event showcasing grassroots initiatives that are taking on electric utility monopolies and winning the fight for democratic and community control. Features Our Power, a citizen-led ballot campaign in Maine that aims to convert the utility serving most of the state to a consumer-owned company.
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ILSR Statement on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Passing Out of the Senate
A statement from ILSR Co-Director Stacy Mitchell on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. … Read More
On Capitol Forum: Amazon Charges Steep Fees at the Expense of Small Businesses
Stacy Mitchell joined Teddy Downey on the Capitol Forum’s podcast to discuss ILSR’s new Amazon’s Toll Road report, which finds that Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep and growing fees on third-party sellers. Stacy explains that breaking up Amazon is a key solution to saving small businesses. … Read More
In the New York Times: What Happened to Amazon’s Bookstore?
ILSR research cited in The New York Times. … Read More
In Vox: ILSR’s Research Exposes Amazon’s Exploitation of Marketplace Sellers
ILSR’s research into Amazon is featured in Vox. … Read More
Report: Amazon’s Toll Road
Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep and growing fees on the small businesses that must rely on its site to reach the online market, our new report finds. Even as these exorbitant fees bankrupt sellers, they are generating huge profits for Amazon, a fact that the tech giant conceals in its financial reports. These profits are not only the spoils of Amazon’s monopoly power. They are the essential fuel that feeds its market-domination strategies.… Read More
On Intelligence Squared: Stacy Mitchell Debates, Is Amazon Good for Small Business?
Stacy Mitchell and business journalist Rana Foroohar teamed up for an Intelligence Squared debate to argue how Amazon is bad for small business.… Read More